I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUIt takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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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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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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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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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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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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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 real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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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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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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Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
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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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