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Quote by Charlie Chaplin
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. – Charlie Chaplin

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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 whether it has fulfilled its purpose. – Charlie Chaplin

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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. – Socrates

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Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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The quality of life is more important than life itself. – Alexis Carrel

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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. – Henry David Thoreau

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Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained. – James A. Garfield

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Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not. – Flannery OConnor

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The historical development of the work of anthropologists seems to single out clearly a domain of knowledge that heretofore has not been treated by any other science. – Franz Boas

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We are no longer in a state of growth; we are in a state of excess. We are living in a society of excrescence. The boil is growing out of control, recklessly at cross purposes with itself, its impacts multiplying as the causes disintegrate. – Jean Baudrillard

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