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That’s the whole problem with science. You’ve got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.

Bill Watterson

From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
BILL WATTERSON

Conformity Connect Dots Way
My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin
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Burden Historical Terrible
Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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Boys Inscrutable Omen
Calvin: Today for show and tell, I’ve brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake!
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Learning Snowflake Thinking Unique
Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
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Peace Play War
Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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Built Character Regretted
Now if a joke is in bad taste or it’s not funny, okay, that’s awhole different thing, but how you craft a joke is really what the writer’s job is, and I don’t think that technique should be subject to any editorial constraints.
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Craft Different Editorial Joke Taste Technique
No sport is less organized than Calvinball.
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Less Organized Sports
There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them.
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Different Gatekeepers Gone Prospects Voice
Even when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
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Looks never Prepared
I’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
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Dust Say Significant Specks
County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that’s the problem.
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Definitions Desk Library Needs Reference
With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success.
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Decision Kind Ourselves Recognize
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
I tell you all this because it’s worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success.
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Detours Ideas Recognizing Success Trying
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

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