When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUFarming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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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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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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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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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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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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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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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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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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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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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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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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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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