Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUMan, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
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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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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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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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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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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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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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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
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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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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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Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
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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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Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
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