Christopher Peterson Quotes

If you never venture outside the box, you will probably not be creative. But if you never get inside the box, you will certainly be stupid.

Christopher Peterson

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• Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work.

  

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• I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row.

  

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• No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.

  

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• The military executes policy decisions.

  

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• If you never venture outside the box, you will probably not be creative. But if you never get inside the box, you will certainly be stupid.

  

  Christopher Peterson
  • Stupid
  • Creative
  • Inside