The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
JACQUES YVES COUSTEAUThe real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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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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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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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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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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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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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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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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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
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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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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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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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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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Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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