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Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.

Bill Watterson

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
When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
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Bird Bugs Taste
I’ve always tried to make the strip animated, even when the characters aren’t moving, with expressions or perspectives or some sort of exaggeration.
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Aggerations Character Expression Moving
It’s surprising how hard we’ll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
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Done Hard Surprising
As “Calvin and Hobbes” went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity.
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Drawing Reality Writing
You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.
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Body School Spirit
Animals aren’t conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you’re sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.
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Animal Ask Friendship Kindness Problem
All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and versatile, so I think they’ll continue to find relevance one way or another. But they definitely won’t be the same as what I grew up with.
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Looks Media Thinking
It’s going to be a grim day when the world is run by a generation that doesn’t know anything but what it’s seen on TV.
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Generation Running World
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
Leader, bandits at 2 o’clock! Roger; it’s only 1:30 now-what’ll I do ’til then?
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Clock Funny Leader Roger
Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.
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Looks Other Real Zombie
Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.
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Bad Helping Mood
Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
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Peace Play War
No sport is less organized than Calvinball.
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Less Organized Sports
The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.
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Fun Real Smug Wisely

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