But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUMan, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
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What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what’s going on.
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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.
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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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But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.
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We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about – farming replacing hunting.
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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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It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
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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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