Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUOur survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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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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No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.
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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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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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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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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.
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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.
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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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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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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
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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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