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My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin

Bill Watterson

The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.
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Fun Real Smug Wisely
[Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It’s me, Calvin! I was wondering if you’d like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy,
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Dad Letting Mom Wondering
I’ve been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.
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Amazed Ideas Mind Wander
You have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it’s going to come in handy all the time.
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Army Handy Knife Swiss Time
Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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Change Different Funny Life
You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
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Detours Failure Resources Wells
Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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Built Character Regretted
I’m learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework…procrastinating and negotiation.
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Homework Negotiation Procrastinating Skills Use
From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
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Conformity Connect Dots Way
Good friends are hard to come by… I need more money.
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Good Friend More Money Needs
I don’t know how to spell it and I’m not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I’ll stop you when…Hello?
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Allowed Hello Rattle Say Stop Swear Words
I don’t think I’d have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I’d known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.
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Adulthood Growing Thinking
I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man’s destruction of forests. . . .
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Forest Intelligent Reading Thinking
You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure. The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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Failure Headed Resources Success Truth
Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray.
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Ignorant Men Risk
Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming.
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Book Jobs Meaningful

My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin

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