Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
JACQUES YVES COUSTEAUWe 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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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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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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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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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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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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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.
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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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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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If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.
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People protect what they love.
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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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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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