Charlie Chaplin

Actor

1889-04-16 – 1977-12-25

Charlie Chaplin was an English actor, filmmaker, and composer who became a global icon of silent cinema through his Tramp character. He was a central figure in early film history and directed many classic features.

Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

Machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines, you are not cattle, you are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don't hate: only the unloved hate, the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers, don't fight for slavery, fight for liberty! You the people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure! Then, in the name of democracy, let us use that power. Let us all unite! Let us fight for a new world, a decent world . . .
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I don't think the real America is in New York or on the Pacific Coast; personally, I like the Middle West much better, places like North and South Dakota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul. There, I think, are the true Americans
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A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.
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You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down
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To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it.
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Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.
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Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.
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Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul.
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Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.
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You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down
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Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.
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To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it.
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I don't think the real America is in New York or on the Pacific Coast; personally, I like the Middle West much better, places like North and South Dakota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul. There, I think, are the true Americans
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A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.
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Machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines, you are not cattle, you are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don't hate: only the unloved hate, the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers, don't fight for slavery, fight for liberty! You the people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure! Then, in the name of democracy, let us use that power. Let us all unite! Let us fight for a new world, a decent world . . .
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Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul.
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I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.
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Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.
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Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.
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That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.
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