If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUPeople protect what they love.
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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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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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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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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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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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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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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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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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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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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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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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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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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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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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