The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUFrom 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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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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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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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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People protect what they love.
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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 sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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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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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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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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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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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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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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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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