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Bill Watterson

Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
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Painting Solve Tigers Vans
In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
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Art Book Comics Hands
The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.
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Fun Real Smug Wisely
Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
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Peace Play War
I know the world isn’t fair, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?
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Fairness Favors World
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
Calvin: Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we can think faster than we speak? Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.
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Speaking Talking Thinking
One of the jokes I really like is that the fantasies are drawn more realistically than reality, since that says a lot about what’s going on in Calvin’s head.
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Fantasies Head Realistically Since
Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement.
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Creating Good Life Thinking
Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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Buttons Funny Light
Leader, bandits at 2 o’clock! Roger; it’s only 1:30 now-what’ll I do ’til then?
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Clock Funny Leader Roger
Do you feel lonely? I don’t have the courage to face reality so I get lost in my dreams. You know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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Courage Different Everything Lonely Pretty
Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.
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Argue Shaves Six Years
In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.
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Long Memories Outside School Successful Term
We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
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Allow Current History Need Prejudices Versions
It’s going to be a grim day when the world is run by a generation that doesn’t know anything but what it’s seen on TV.
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Generation Running World

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