Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUwe will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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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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People protect what they love.
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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 sea is the universal sewer.
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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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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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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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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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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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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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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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Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about – farming replacing hunting.
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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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