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All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.

All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.

Approximate author period: c. 1899 AD · industrial

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Charlie Chaplin
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Approximate author period: c. 1899 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Charlie Chaplin: documented activity in 1899. Wikidata Q882, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q882 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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