Bill Watterson Quotes
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You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.
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I wanted to be a director and producer and writer, but in the early '40's the union wouldn't let you get through the gates. You couldn't get on a crew, or even learn to direct.
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It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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I wanted to be ballerina, be in a band, then in drama.
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Once you realize just the sort of glut of books that exists out there, it does become incumbent on you not to add to it unless you have a damn good reason.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.
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I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately.
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I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive.
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It's like that with what sort of ideas people outside of the band have of HIM. They all see it through a different lens as well which is beautiful. Hopefully, it makes it an endless topic of conversation.
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Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.
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I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.
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When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart.
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Mass-murderers are simply people who have had ENOUGH.
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My work is atheistic, materialistic and communistic. It's atheistic because it's without transcendent form, without spiritual or intellectual quality. Materialistic because it's made out of it's own materials without pretension to other materials. And communistic because the form is equally accessible to all men.
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I'm not gonna lie, I love the holidays. But Christmas was a lot more fun when you weren't paying for it.
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The natural philosopher Heraclitus said that man is naturally irrational. If this is true, as it is true, then everyone who enjoys futile glory should hide his face.
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I let a good many mistakes show through when fixing my sensations. It will always be the same and this is what makes me despair.
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Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.
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Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence.
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The human voice cannot mount up into these boundless solitudes.
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Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
