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.
JACQUES YVES COUSTEAUOur survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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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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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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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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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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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.
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The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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People protect what they love.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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