When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
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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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 will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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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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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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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
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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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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.
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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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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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It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
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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, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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The sea is the universal sewer.
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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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