Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

A day without laughter is a day wasted.
Charlie Chaplin

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.
Charlie Chaplin

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
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Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.
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All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
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All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.
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Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.
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Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.
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Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.
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Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
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I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.
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I am for people. I can't help it.
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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 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 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 have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.
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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 suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.
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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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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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