Shark Attacks Quotes

• Being able to turn to Jesus after the shark attack kept me alive.

  Bethany Hamilton

  Inspirational, Jesus, Sharks

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• You're gonna need a bigger boat.

  Peter Benchley

  Inspirational, Movie, Radio News

  "Fictional character: Chief Martin Brody". "Jaws", www.imdb.com. June 20, 1975.

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• The only use for a knife during a shark attack is pure treachery: Stab your buddy, swim like hell, and hope the munchies take him.

  Tim Cahill

  Sharks, Knives, Swim

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• When I was about five, I gave my heart to Jesus Christ, and since then it's just been a stronghold in my life. Really, through the shark attack and all the hard times that my family and I went through, it gave us unity and perseverance to push through all this crazy stuff that we never knew was going to happen.

  Bethany Hamilton

  Perseverance, Jesus, Crazy

  "Bethany Hamilton; AnnaSophia Robb". "Tavis Smiley", www.pbs.org. March 31, 2011.

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• Getting back on the surfboard after the [shark] attack was the hardest thing and I did it! After that, the hardest thing was my first competition.

  Bethany Hamilton

  Sharks, Competition, Firsts

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• I didn't care about the backlash. I think the reason it was so severe was because they didn't know anything about me in New Zealand. If I had made jokes about a shark attack in the US, no one would have cared.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Thinking, Sharks, Care

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• Sharks attack surfers because they look like a seal. Apparently, when you're layng on your board and you have your arms and legs hanging off, from underneath you look like a seal. So I just got a picture of a seal and put a red line through it and put it underneath my board.

  Henry Cho

  Sharks, Red, Boards

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