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I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.

Bill Watterson

And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It’s hard to charge admission without a gate.
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Admission Anyone Exciting Gate More
Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz. I love loopholes.
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Loopholes Pubbawup
I liked things better when I didn’t understand them.
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Liked Thing Understand
Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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Built Character Regretted
For me, it’s been liberating to put myself in the mind of a fictitious six year-old each day, and rediscover my own curiosity.
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Curiosity Ideas Play Years
You know, there are times when it’s a source of personal pride to not be human.
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Humans Pride Source
That’s the whole problem with science. You’ve got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
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Problem Science Trying Unimaginable
I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.
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Dark Imagine Thinking
Calvin: Know what I pray for? Hobbes: What? Calvin: The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can’t, and the incapacity to tell the difference.
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Differences Inability Praying Strength
We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
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Allow Current History Need Prejudices Versions
I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.
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Littles Nice People
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’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
My problem is that I don’t paint ambitiously. It’s all catch and release – just tiny fish that aren’t really worth the trouble to clean and cook.
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Problem Tiny Trouble
I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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Football Sports Thinking
The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that’s even worse
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Hobbies Jobs Secrets

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