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I’d like to see cartoonists measuring their work by higher standards than how many papers their strips are in and how much money they make.

Bill Watterson

It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
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Incinerated People Religious
Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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Built Character Regretted
Few things are less comforting than a tiger who’s up too late.
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Comforting Few Late Less
I liked things better when I didn’t understand them.
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Liked Thing Understand
You know, there are times when it’s a source of personal pride to not be human.
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Humans Pride Source
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
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
We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
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Allow Current History Need Prejudices Versions
Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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Book Rain Reading
The whole idea of hobknobbing and schmoozing and the concept of an “elite” class of celebrities better than the common people has always made my stomach turn.
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Celebrities Class Common Ideas People
From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
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Conformity Connect Dots Way
If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
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Cute Funny Life Stars
In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.
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Culture Excess Good Life
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
I’d hate to have a kid like me.
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Hate Kids Like
A box of new crayons! Now they’re all pointy, lined up in order, bright and perfect. Soon they’ll be a bunch of ground down, rounded, indistinguishable stumps, missing their wrappers and smudged with other colors. Sometimes life seems unbearably tragic.
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Color Crayon Order Perfect Pointy

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