When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUMan, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
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The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
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The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
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Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters… and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.
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