I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUNow, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
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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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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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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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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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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 sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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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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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
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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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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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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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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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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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