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My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin

Bill Watterson

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
The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
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Admire Special World
I’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
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Dust Say Significant Specks
I’ve got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
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Common Ignore Plenty Sense
So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they’re already met?
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Esteem Expectations Secret Self
Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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Demand Ecstasy Enough
[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’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
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Genius Misunderstood Thinking
It’s surprising how hard we’ll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
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Done Hard Surprising
Isn’t it sad how some people’s grip on their lives is so precarious that they’ll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
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Delusion Faces Life People Preposterous
Calvin: Dad where do babies come from? Dad: Well Calvin, you simply go to Sears, buy the kit and follow the assembly instructions. Calvin: I came from Sears? Dad: No you were a blue-light special at K-Mart – almost as good and a lot cheaper!
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Assembly Baby Cheaper Dad Light Sears
I like my smock. You can tell the quality of the artist by the quality of his smock. Actually, I just like to say smock. Smock smock smock smock smock smock.
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Actually Artist Quality Smoke Tell
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
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Battle Disrespect Drama InterAction
A day can really slip by when you’re deliberately avoiding what you’re supposed to do.
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Avoiding Hobbies Slips
I’d like to see cartoonists measuring their work by higher standards than how many papers their strips are in and how much money they make.
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Higher Paper Standards
I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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People Relate Related

My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin

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