I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
JACQUES YVES COUSTEAUThe sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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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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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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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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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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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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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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People protect what they love.
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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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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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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 biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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