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Bill Watterson was born on July 5, 1958, in Washington, D.C.
* He grew up in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and began drawing cartoons at a young age.
* After graduating from Kenyon College, Watterson worked as a political cartoonist for the Cincinnati Post for six months.
* In 1985, he launched the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which ran until 1995.
* Calvin and Hobbes was a critical and commercial success, winning numerous awards and becoming one of the most popular comic strips of all time.
* Watterson retired from cartooning in 1995 and has since lived a quiet life in the Midwest.
* He is known for his strong opinions about the comic strip industry and his refusal to merchandise Calvin and Hobbes.
* Watterson is considered one of the greatest comic strip artists of all time.

Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.

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Books

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The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning and inhibit clarity.

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Writing

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CALVIN:As usual goodness hardly puts up a fight.

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Life

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I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.

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Humor

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HOBBES:If you don't get a goodnight kiss you get Kafka dreams.

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Life

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I go to school, but I never learn what I want to know.

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Education

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I think hiccup cures were really invented for the amusement of the patient's friends.

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Humor

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I hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories with no point.

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Humor

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That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.

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Science

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Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?