Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUIt takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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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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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 sea is the universal sewer.
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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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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about – farming replacing hunting.
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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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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
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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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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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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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