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Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was a British comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the silent era.

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A day without laughter is a day wasted.

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Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

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I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

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I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.

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I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

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I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.

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Why should poetry have to make sense?

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I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.

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Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

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All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.

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I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.

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I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.

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In the end, everything is a gag.

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Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

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Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot

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Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

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Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.

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Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles (Worries)

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The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

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The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

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Who feeds a hungry animal feeds his own soul.

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