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.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUThe biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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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 road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
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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 were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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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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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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People protect what they love.
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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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