Peter Benchley Quotes
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I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not.
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
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The only things I'm competitive in are backgammon and poker.
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I had a blast on tour with Little Big Town. We got to play some beautiful rooms around the country - some really amazing old theaters. And it was just cool to see a band that's been together for so long.
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The evolutionary theory of senescence can be stated as follows: while bodies are not designed to fail, neither are they designed for extended operation.
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Brains, you know, are suspect in the Republican Party.
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Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.
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I taped the autopsy photos from Marilyn Monroe's death to my lunch box in fifth grade, and I would write stories in which someone inevitably died.
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And another thing is that I think as a church whenever we become politically driven, we alienate at least 50 percent of the people that God called us to reach with our political orientations.
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It's good for me to do things outside my comfort zone and push myself.
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The biggest challenge is that when people look at low price point products, they essentially invest less money in development, innovation, and new technology. And in order to innovate at a lower price point, and make sustainability attainable to the masses, you have to invest more. But that's counterintuitive for a lot of businesses.
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Muslims should live like brothers.
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When you think about the NASCAR brand, it resonates everywhere. They have the No. 1 sports brand.
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She's wrong about absolutely everything, but she's wrong within normal parameters.
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If his inmost heart could have been laid open, there would have been discovered that dream of undying fame, which, dream as it is, is more powerful than a thousand realities.
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He then gave a hideous laugh and added that, if anybody was interested in his plans, he was going to join the Foreign Legion, that cohort of the damned in which broken men may toil and die and dying, forget. ‘Beau Widgeon?’ said the Egg, impressed. ‘What ho!’
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...it is possible to suppose that, if Russia is allowed to have peace, an amazing industrial development may take place, making Russia a rival of the United States.
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I do not want to found anything on the incomprehensible. I want to know whether I can live with what I know and with that alone.
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He's definitely the best player in the NBA - to me. I don't know if winning the (MVP) award is important to him or not. But he has three (championship) rings and that's what it's all about.
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I think the only way we can really get you to laugh hard is if we take it to a deep psychological place. It has to resonate with you on a really deep level in order for you to really do that good guffaw.
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I wanted to sing songs that my voice was comfortable with.
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A man's soul can be judged by the way he treats his dog.
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We should be afraid of sharks half as much as sharks should be afraid of us.
