Gregory Peck Quotes

• Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

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• Tough times don’t last, tough people do, remember?

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• What did I do in high school? I grew from 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 2 inches.

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• There we were, hundreds of us lined up, waving at the great man as he tipped his hat to us. And that is the extent of my acquaintance with Albert Einstein.

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• My feeling about him is that the America that we have today, the freedoms we enjoy and the privileges we have, are really the reflection of Abe Lincoln’s convictions, his vision, and his toughness.

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• Inside of all the makeup and the character and makeup, it’s you, and I think that’s what the audience is really interested in… you, how you’re going to cope with the situation, the obstacles, the troubles that the writer put in front of you.

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• I’m not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities that I believe in.

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• I never liked the name Eldred. Since nobody knew me in New York, I just changed to my middle name.

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• I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess.

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• I don’t lecture and I don’t grind any axes. I just want to entertain.

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Birth:	5th April, 1916
Death:	12th June, 2003
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor

About

Eldred Gregory Peck was an American actor. One of the world's most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s, Peck continued to play major film roles until the late 1970s. He is best known for his performance as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. President Lyndon Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at No. 12. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1983.

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