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I’ve been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.

Bill Watterson

I knew you’d win! Oh! Oh! Aarg! [Calvin runs in circles around Hobbes screaming “Aaaaaaaaaaaa”, then falls over.] Hobbes: Look, it’s just a game. Calvin: I know! You should see me when I lose in real life!
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Around Circle Hobbies Know Screaming
You’ve taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations.
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Congratulation Cynically Expect Manipulate Nothing Taught
Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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Boys Inscrutable Omen
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
I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
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Behavior Encouragement Friendship Modification
The way Calvin’s brain is wired, you can almost hear the fuses blowing.
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Brain Hobbies Way
If people looked at the stars each night, they’d live a lot differently. When you look into infinity, you realize that there are more important things than what people do all day.
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Inspirational Nature Stars
It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.
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Beautiful Life Success
Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.
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Life Needs Surprise
As “Calvin and Hobbes” went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity.
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Drawing Reality Writing
Years from now, when I’m successful and happy, …and he’s in prison… I hope I’m not too mature to gloat.
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Envy Successful Years
Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?
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Ignorance Learning Waste
Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.
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Best Friend Friendship Inspirational
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
It’s surprising how hard we’ll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
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Done Hard Surprising
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 don’t think you’ve ever invited me to… Calvin’s Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin’s Mom: You’re contagious! You can’t have anyone over to play!
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Anymore Country Mom People Play Think
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
Few things are less comforting than a tiger who’s up too late.
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Comforting Few Late Less
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
I suppose if we couldn’t laugh at things that don’t make sense, we couldn’t react to a lot of life.
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Comic Existentialism Laughing Strips
People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
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Funny Inspirational Witty
Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
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Snow Winning
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.
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Accomplish Happier Happy Meaning Trouble
Even when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
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Looks never Prepared
We don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
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Funny Inspirational Science
My whole problem is that my lips move when I think.
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Lips Moving Thinking

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