Peter Benchley Quotes
A human being is still more likely to die of a bee sting, snake bite or, Lord knows, automobile accident than by shark attack. We do not execute the perpretrators of death by car. We should not butcher an animal for an inadvertent homicide.
Quotes to Explore
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As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.
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Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.
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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.
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All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public funding for abortion. We are both saying the same thing, pro-life, pro-choice. Let's find the language that works for both of us so we can pass health care.
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When I think of influential females in hip-hop, my mind goes to Foxy Brown, hands down.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
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No one remembers who came in second.
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One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete.
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I'm highly distractable, and I have too many things on my mind very often. When I'm driving in the city, it drives me so crazy - the city traffic and the parking - I just take cabs everywhere.
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I follow the universe; I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone.
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
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Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.
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Practicing medicine is not only my vocation, it gives me an opportunity to continue to be in direct contact with people, to see them and hear their needs.
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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
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I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap.
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I really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy time spent with kids.
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The game just embarrasses you until you feel inadequate and pathetic. You want to cry like a child.
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Since the choice of what we curl up with is often crucial for our solace and sanity, we need to learn how to nurture the talent of selection. Book browsing is a meditative art...Books are as essential as breathing.
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In every death, a busy world comes to an end.
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What are the sources of poetry? Love and death and the paradox of love and death. All poetry from the beginning is about Eros and Thanatos. Those are the only subjects. And how Eros and Thanatos interweave.
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A human being is still more likely to die of a bee sting, snake bite or, Lord knows, automobile accident than by shark attack. We do not execute the perpretrators of death by car. We should not butcher an animal for an inadvertent homicide.
