"Friends have asked how I came to engender……" — Charlie Chaplin
"Friends have asked how I came to engender this American antagonism. My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. Although I am not a Communist I refused to fall in line by hating them. Secondly, I was opposed to the Committee on Un-American Activities — a dishonest phrase to begin with, elastic enough to wrap around the throat and strangle the voice of any American citizen whose honest opinion is a minority of one."
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Charlie Chaplin
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161 Quotes by Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin has 161 quotes on this site.
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We think too much and feel too little.
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A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.
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Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.
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To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!
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The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
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Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.
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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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A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
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We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness,…
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I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far…
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Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
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Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas…
— Gary Becker
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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
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We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time…
— Arnold Bennett
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Husbands, recognize your wife's intelligence and her ability to counsel with you as a real partner regarding family plans, family…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order.
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I think it's more important to be fit so that you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is…
— Rachel Blanchard
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People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is…
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An opera singer is like an athlete before a match. An athlete cannot overdo anything. In order to perform at…
— Andrea Bocelli
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Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities,…
— Gro Harlem Brundtland
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Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional…
— Vince Cable
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