The sea is the universal sewer.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUPeople protect what they love.
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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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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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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.
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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 road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
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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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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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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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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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Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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