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I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.

Bill Watterson

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
[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble] Calvin: Ha! I’ve got a great word and it’s on a “Double word score” box! Hobbes: “ZQFMGB” isn’t a word! It doesn’t even have a vowel! Calvin: It is so a word! It’s a worm found in New Guinea!
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Looks Scrabble Vowels
Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said ‘I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em?
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Guy Humorous Look Thinking
I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
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Behavior Encouragement Friendship Modification
Even when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
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Looks never Prepared
Problems often look overwhelming at first. The secret is to break problems into small, manageable chunks. If you deal with those, you’re done before you know it.
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Done Looks Secret
When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
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Bird Bugs Taste
On the other hand, the mass media is disintegrating, and audiences are atomizing. I suspect comics will have less widespread cultural impact and make a lot less money.
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Cultural Disintegrating Impact Less Money
Childhood is for spoiling adulthood.
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Adulthood Childhood Spoiling
It’s gratifying to hear that from people who care about comic art. I never know what to make of it when someone writes to say, “Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the paper. I like it even more than Nancy.”
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Art Gratifying People Someone Write Writing
Having an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another
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Careers Happy Person
That’s one of the remarkable things about life. It’s never so bad that it can’t get worse.
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Bad Perseverance Remarkable Worse
I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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Refuse Wonder World
Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement.
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Creating Good Life Thinking
A day can really slip by when you’re deliberately avoiding what you’re supposed to do.
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Avoiding Hobbies Slips
But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He’s one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!
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Demand Kind Sacrifice

I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.

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I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.

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