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 COUSTEAUWhat 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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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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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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Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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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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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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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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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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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 must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about – farming replacing hunting.
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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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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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