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Peter Benchley Quotes

Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: May 8, 1940 - February 11, 2006

Topics

Fall Rise Almost Tides Regularly

We have these words 'space' and 'time,' but you can't touch them. They're not objects, they're not things, they go forever. Space and time are really tools of animal sense perception, the way we organize and construct information.

Time Words Animal Space Perception

I almost obsessively began reading about what was happening with the so-called Islamic State. But I couldn't find an angle on the story.

Matthew Heineman

Reading Story Find Angle Almost

Pride is the first step in people unraveling and companies unraveling and relationships unraveling.

Step People Pride First Step First

At the end of all this, Russia held in her hands a vast belt of land running from the Baltic sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, comprising eleven nations with a population of 100 million people.

Sea People Black End Hands Land

And I came close to losing a part of my foot on two occasions. I hope I'm consistently lucky and that the next time I develop a blister or step on something sharp, that I don't go as far as I did on those two times.

Mary Tyler Moore

Hope Time Losing Step Go Lucky

Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.

Men Blame Clever Others Shoulders

It's nice to have something else going on when a book comes out so you're not just sitting by the phone, waiting for things to happen. You don't want to be the guy Googling himself all day.

Day Waiting Book You Phone Nice

The traditional media never gave Bernie Sanders the time of day. But he went viral the same way hip-hop and new dances go viral. And I'm part of that culture.

Time Culture Day Media New Hip-Hop

My mom is my manager and handles day-to-day business to keep the DeGarmo machine up and running! She's a huge, huge part of my career and my life.

Life Business Mom My Life Career Up

I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame.

Christine Lahti

Respect Money College Care Political

Everybody gets through a phase where it's, 'Ah, if I could just sound just like Vince Gill.' Then you figure out that you have your own voice, whether you like it or not, and that's what you should stick with.

Chris Stapleton

Voice You Sound Out Through Own

I know how I like to be treated, so I always start by saying, 'Could you give me a moment of your time, I know you're very busy,' and usually, they will.

Time Moment Me Start Saying Busy

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