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Acting was never something I wanted to do for the rest of my life, so it was easy to walk away.


Charlie Korsmo
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I watched every single Charlie Chaplin film.


Chevy Chase
Tags: Every Film Single
I'm not Charlie Chaplin and will never, ever claim to be. But when I become the 'Tramp,' I can feel the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
Rob McClure
Tags: Up Will Never
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Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.


Charlie Chaplin
Tags: Life Seen Comedy
There's danger in just shoveling out money to people who say, 'My life is a little harder than it used to be.' At a certain place you've got to say to the people, 'Suck it in and cope, buddy. Suck it in and cope.'
Charlie Munger
Tags: Money You People
If you're going to help somebody, sneak in, sneak out, do what you can. I just sneak along and do my thing and meet wonderful people, some people I've never met, new friends.
Bobby Orr
Tags: You People Just
I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed.
Michael Caine
Tags: Time Life Never
There was a period of time when they estimated the two biggest stars in Hollywood were Charlie Chaplin and Mickey Mouse.
John Lasseter
Tags: Time Were Two
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I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.


Charlie Chaplin
Tags: Life Thing Doing
Some of the most intelligent people I've met in my life are priests and pastors; now, a lot of them aren't that, though. Some of the most sanctimonious and hypocritical people I've met are priests and pastors, also.
Scott Derrickson
Tags: People Life Them
There's not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination.
Zac Posen
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
Charlie Chaplin
Tags: Men Power People
I absolutely hate mowing the lawn. When I hear the mowers starting, I want to kill myself: it's the sound of death approaching. Hoovering's OK, but I never in my life wanted to have a lawn and certainly never wanted to mow one.
Peter Capaldi
Tags: Death Life Want
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I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich; they want to get rich.


Jack Kemp
Tags: Who Get Want
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A day without laughter is a day wasted.


Charlie Chaplin
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Why should poetry have to make sense?


Charlie Chaplin
I was never about being a celebrity. Maybe when I was very young, but that goes away quickly. I've met almost every famous person I want to meet.
Julie Warner
Tags: Famous About Very
I know who I am as an artist and I know what my sound is, but I wanted to know what I could do in order to take it to that next level. So the experiences I had last year of moving to California and traveling to places like Rome and Nicaragua where I met a lot of people just had a really big impact in my life.
Kate Voegele
Tags: People Like Just
I've never been so star struck in my life as when I met President Obama and Bill Clinton... and at the same time, no less! I'm not one to be at a loss for words, and that was a moment when I really was speechless. It was a big, big night.
Megan Hilty
Tags: Time Really Life
The thing that's great about those guys at Miramax is the Weinstein brothers. They are the two funniest guys I've ever met in my life.
Ted Demme
Tags: Great About Life