289 Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

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    I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of ancestral promptings and urgings, a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, all of which I am the sum total.

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    The mirror is my best friend, because when I cry it never laughs.

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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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    Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.

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

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    Through humor, we see in what seems rational, the irrational; in what seems important, the unimportant. It also heightens our sense of survival and preserves our sanity.

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    Comedy is the most serious study in the world. I start out to find my characters in real life.

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