chaplin autobiography

Jeffrey 2022-04-20 09:01:17

I am where I am today and become a millionaire because I wear funny shoes. Is life really a pulp comedy?

The public are like children who easily get bored with their toys and throw them away like trash.

All my dreams and hopes are just to let my mother live a happy life, to buy my mother a lot of nice clothes, to take her to a quiet place in the country to recuperate, to let her do nothing but play with me.

I think the thing about who's smarter is actually overstated. It is easy for wise people to use intelligence as an excuse for lack of some important character, and to rely on superficial behavior in lieu of a diligent and prudent attitude to life. All my life I've been like a rocket, sputtering sparks, making noises, and falling silently. But Sidney has always been the backbone of the family, and whenever I've had a rough time, he'll always pull me up and keep me going. Of the two of us, he was the better one.

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  • [Listening to a phonograph record]

    The Mechanical Salesman: Good morning, my friends. This record comes to you through the Sales Talk Transcription Company, Incorporated: your speaker, the Mechanical Salesman. May I take the pleasure of introducing Mr. J. Widdecombe Billows, the inventor of the Billows Feeding Machine, a practical device which automatically feeds your men while at work? Don't stop for lunch: be ahead of your competitor. The Billows Feeding Machine will eliminate the lunch hour, increase your production, and decrease your overhead. Allow us to point out some of the features of this wonderful machine: its beautiful, aerodynamic, streamlined body; its smoothness of action, made silent by our electro-porous metal ball bearings. Let us acquaint you with our automaton soup plate - its compressed-air blower, no breath necessary, no energy required to cool the soup. Notice the revolving plate with the automatic food pusher. Observe our counter-shaft, double-knee-action corn feeder, with its synchro-mesh transmission, which enables you to shift from high to low gear by the mere tip of the tongue. Then there is the hydro-compressed, sterilized mouth wiper: its factors of control insure against spots on the shirt front. These are but a few of the delightful features of the Billows Feeding Machine. Let us demonstrate with one of your workers, for actions speak louder than words. Remember, if you wish to keep ahead of your competitor, you cannot afford to ignore the importance of the Billows Feeding Machine.

  • A gamin: [Last lines] What's the use of trying?

    A factory worker: Buck up - never say die. We'll get along.