Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUThe road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
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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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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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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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People protect what they love.
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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 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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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
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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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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 real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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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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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 sea is the universal sewer.
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Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
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