“Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.”
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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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“You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down”
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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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“In the end, everything is a gag.”
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“A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.”
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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,...”
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“My faith is in the unknown, in all that we do not understand by reason; I believe that what is beyond our comprehension is a simple fact in other dimensions, and that in the realm of the unk...”
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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 wheth...”
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“Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.”
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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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“Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.”
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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...”
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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 lande...”
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“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.”
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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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“All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.”
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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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“This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.”
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“I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.”
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