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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.

Bill Watterson

They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.
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Around Figures Hang Right Secret Tricks
Hobbes: Jump! Jump! Jump! I win! Calvin: You win? Aaugghh! You won last time! I hate it when you win! Aarrggh! Mff! Gnnk! I hate this game! I hate the whole world! Aghhh!
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Really Running Stupid
Although I’m certainly glad cartoons are finally getting some respect as an art, I’m fairly ambivalent to see cartooning as a legitimate academic offering. If comics need to be deconstructed and explained, something is really wrong with them.
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Art Deconstruction Needs Offering Sometimes
Calvin: Trick or treat! Adult: Where’s your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I’m yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet.
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Boys Kids Resources Scary Supposed
[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
My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin
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Burden Historical Terrible
Calvin: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I’m not sure man needs the help.
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Believe Evil Men
MOMMMM, I’m thirsty… What’s this, just water?
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Mom Thirsty Water
Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
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Cute Friday Life Sunday
I let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
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Bumper Funny Mind Sticker Wander
Like delicate lace, so the threads intertwine, oh, gossamer web of wond’rous design! Such beauty and grace wild nature produces… Ughh, look at that spider suck out that bug’s juices!
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Design Grace Produce Spiders
Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
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Inspirational Life Peace
Calvin the zombie searches for food. Horribly, the undead feed upon the living! …Although, in a pinch, a PBJ will do, if you eat it messily enough.
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Enough Undead Zombie
Art has to keep moving and discovering to stay alive.
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Alive Art Moving
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 killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.
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Happiness Inspirational Life
Having an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another
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Careers Happy Person
Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.
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Looks Other Real Zombie
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
I know the world isn’t fair, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?
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Fairness Favors World
I’d hate to have a kid like me.
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Hate Kids Like
The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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Detours Motivational Truth
A day can really slip by when you’re deliberately avoiding what you’re supposed to do.
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Avoiding Hobbies Slips
That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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Being Country Differences Happiness Happy
Childhood is for spoiling adulthood.
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Adulthood Childhood Spoiling
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
The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life… I don’t want the issue of Hobbes’s reality settled by a doll manufacturer.
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Issues Reality Special

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