No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUThe sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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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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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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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 go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.
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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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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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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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The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
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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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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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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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