If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUHowever fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.
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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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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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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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The sea is the universal sewer.
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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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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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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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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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People protect what they love.
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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 sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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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 real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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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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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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