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Bill Watterson's Uplifting Advice To College Grads, Illustrated In 'Calvin & Hobbes' Style
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/29/bill-watterson-advice-to-college-grads-illustrated-like-calvin-and-hobbes_n_3837271.html
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I can not recommend this enough! It is a wise man that knows what is true success.
Dragonfli
Aug 2013
#6
The words are Bill Watterson's (from 1995), but the art is Gavin Aung Than's
Bibliovore
Aug 2013
#24
It's like I've posted elsewhere here. A long lost, nearly forgotten expression....
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2013
#11
There are a lot of people in life sucking cubicles that can't afford lunch.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2013
#66
The "it's only money" is a GOAL that we as a society haven't achieved yet....
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2013
#68
Just to be clear, the quote is Watterson's, the artwork is by Gavin Aung Than
PrestonLocke
Aug 2013
#12
I can't tell you how much I needed this today, right now. Thanks, kpete.
Gidney N Cloyd
Aug 2013
#13
The goal of the one percent is to make a happy life free of domination by the one percent...
AdHocSolver
Aug 2013
#18
I love this. And I feel pretty fortunate to be managing to do it, as well....
NRaleighLiberal
Aug 2013
#20
You still have to buy food, pay the utilities, rent (or mortgage), etc.
GreenStormCloud
Aug 2013
#30
A little bit out of touch - most people can't afford to quit their jobs, go off on their own.
reformist2
Aug 2013
#33
The only glaring error in this lovely piece is the part where a baby plays happily alone in a play
morningglory
Aug 2013
#36
Such brilliance. He stopped C and H because he got tired of being told to compromise his artistic
Nanjing to Seoul
Aug 2013
#69