From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUI believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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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 will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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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 sea is the universal sewer.
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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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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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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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When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
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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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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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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 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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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
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