Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUThe sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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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 believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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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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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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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
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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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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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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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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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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
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