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To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.

Bill Watterson

Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.
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Argue Shaves Six Years
We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
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Desire Life Positive
I don’t enjoy lettering very much, but that’s the way I write and that belongs in the strip because the strip is a reflection of me.
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Lettering Reflection Way Writing
You know, there are times when it’s a source of personal pride to not be human.
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Humans Pride Source
If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
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Cute Funny Life Stars
The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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Detours Motivational Truth
I’ve been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school publications – the newspaper and yearbook and soon. In college, I got interested in political cartooning and did political cartoons.
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Kids Publication School Yearbook
Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development.
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Artist Doubt Taken Talking
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
My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin
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Burden Historical Terrible
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
I can never enjoy Sundays, because in the back of my mind I always know I’ve got to go to school the next day. It’s like trying to enjoy your last meal before the execution.
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Enjoy School Smock Sunday
There’s great potential for that which has yet to be fully mined.
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Fully Great Minded Potential
On the other hand, the mass media is disintegrating, and audiences are atomizing. I suspect comics will have less widespread cultural impact and make a lot less money.
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Cultural Disintegrating Impact Less Money
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
[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

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