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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.

Bill Watterson

I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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Football Sports Thinking
I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.
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Children Mom Motivational
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
Sleepwalking?” “Nightmare?” “Homicidal psycho jungle cat!
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Cat Nightmare Psycho
Life’s disappointments are harder to take when you don’t know any swear words.
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Disappointment Friendship Harder Swearing
If your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.
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Examine Fun Garden Life
Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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Buttons Funny Light
Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
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Essence Surprise Surprising
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
You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
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Detours Failure Resources Wells
I don’t think I’d have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I’d known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.
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Adulthood Growing Thinking
Barney’s Dad was really bad so Barney hatched a plan when his dad said “Eat your peas.” Barney shouted no and ran Barney tricked his mean old dad and locked him in the cellar Barney’s Mom never found out where he’d gone, Cause Barney didn’t tell her. T
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Dad Mom Peas Plan Sorry
Someday, I’d like to meet that little boy… and tell him the awful TRUTH ABOUT THIS PLACE!! Calvin’s Dad: Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid Lima beans.
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Beans Place Someday Stupid Thinking
I’m not a vegetarian! I’m a dessertarian!
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Dessert Food Funny Vegetarian
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
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

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