If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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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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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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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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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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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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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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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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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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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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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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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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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