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Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?

Bill Watterson

If you’ve ever compared a film to a novel it’s based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It’s inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie’s needs get served.
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Different Inevitable Media Needs
The way Calvin’s brain is wired, you can almost hear the fuses blowing.
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Brain Hobbies Way
So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they’re already met?
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Esteem Expectations Secret Self
Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.
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Life Needs Surprise
I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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People Relate Related
What a stupid game! You must have cheated! You must have used some sneaky, underhanded mindmeld to make me lose! I hate you! I didn’t want to play this idiotic game in the first place! I knew you’d cheat!
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Cheat Game Idiotic Lose Play Sneaky Some Undermanned
The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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Detours Motivational Truth
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
If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects the personality of the writer.
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Artist Jobs Thinking
Calvin: Why are you crying mom? Mom: I’m cutting up an onion. Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.
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Cutting Mom Vegetables
Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
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Command Information Thorough Useless
Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
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Action Fun Hobbes
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 know the world isn’t fair, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?
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Fairness Favors World
Scientific Progress goes boink?
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Hobbes Progress Scientific Progress
MOMMMM, I’m thirsty… What’s this, just water?
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Mom Thirsty Water

Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?

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