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We are already perilously close to killing off the top of the oceanic food chain - with catastrophic consequences that we can't begin to imagine. Let us not, in the heat of anger, reduce the already devastated population of great white sharks by one more member.
— Peter Benchley
Tags: white, anger, food, great

Other Quotes by "Peter Benchley"

I don't think there's such a thing as an unprovoked shark attack.
— Peter Benchley
Tags: thing, attack, shark, think
Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.
— Peter Benchley
Tags: regularly, almost, rise, fall
Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival.
— Peter Benchley
Tags: breeds, survival
In a deeply tribal sense, we love our monsters, and I think that is the key to it right there. It is monsters; it is learning about them: it is both thrill and safety. You can think of them without being desperately afraid because they are not going to come into your living room and eat you. That is 'Jaws.'
— Peter Benchley
Tags: think, you, learning, love
I hope that 'Jaws' will have brought sharks into the public interest at a time when we desperately need to reevaluate our care for the environment.
— Peter Benchley
Tags: care, will, time, hope
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