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.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUNo 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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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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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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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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The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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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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The sea is the universal sewer.
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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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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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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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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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