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Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.

Bill Watterson

A day can really slip by when you’re deliberately avoiding what you’re supposed to do.
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Avoiding Hobbies Slips
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
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
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Battle Disrespect Drama InterAction
I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.
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Littles Nice People
I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
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Behavior Encouragement Friendship Modification
As “Calvin and Hobbes” went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity.
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Drawing Reality Writing
It’s surprising how hard we’ll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
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Done Hard Surprising
Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray.
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Ignorant Men Risk
When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.
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Fun Giving Hilarious
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
The way Calvin’s brain is wired, you can almost hear the fuses blowing.
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Brain Hobbies Way
Although I’m certainly glad cartoons are finally getting some respect as an art, I’m fairly ambivalent to see cartooning as a legitimate academic offering. If comics need to be deconstructed and explained, something is really wrong with them.
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Art Deconstruction Needs Offering Sometimes
We don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
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Funny Inspirational Science
Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you’re over here like this? Calvin:…I don’t think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan.
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Country Kings Mom Nice People Think
I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
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Interesting Laughing Life Track
I like my smock. You can tell the quality of the artist by the quality of his smock. Actually, I just like to say smock. Smock smock smock smock smock smock.
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Actually Artist Quality Smoke Tell

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