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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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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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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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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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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People protect what they love.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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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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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
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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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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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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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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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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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