Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.
Charlie Chaplin · Monsieur Verdoux (screenplay, 1947)
Charlie Chaplin · Monsieur Verdoux (screenplay, 1947)
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Charlie Chaplin · The source reads: “Wars, conflict, it's all business. One murder makes a villain; millions a hero. Numbers sanctify.” · Monsieur Verdoux (screenplay, 1947)
Charlie Chaplin · The source reads: “I hate the talkies and will not produce talking films.… I cannot conceive of my films as other than silent. My shadow appears on the screen as in a dream, and dreams do not speak.” · Theatre Arts Monthly (November 1930)
Charlie Chaplin · The source reads: “What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning. Desire is the theme of all life!” · Limelight (screenplay, 1952)
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