A THREAD on thought provoking ideas by Bill Watterson:
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They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.
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They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.
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I go to school, but I never learn what I want to know.
I go to school, but I never learn what I want to know.
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It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.
It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.
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People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
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βDad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?β
βDad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?β
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In my opinion, we don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
In my opinion, we don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
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Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said 'I think Iβll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze βem?
Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said 'I think Iβll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze βem?
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If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently.
If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently.
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βCalvin : There's no problem so awful, that you can't add some guilt to it and make it even worse.β
βCalvin : There's no problem so awful, that you can't add some guilt to it and make it even worse.β
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To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble.
To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble.
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If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.
If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.
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For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray. And that is how I got to where I find myself today.
For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray. And that is how I got to where I find myself today.
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Mom and dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in.
But every time I do, they tell me to stop it.
Mom and dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in.
But every time I do, they tell me to stop it.
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The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that's even worse.
The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that's even worse.
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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.
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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We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
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I'm a 21st-century kid trapped in a 19th-century family.
I'm a 21st-century kid trapped in a 19th-century family.
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At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day.
Out in the world, you'll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.
At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day.
Out in the world, you'll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.
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Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present.
Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.
Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present.
Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.
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