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Small: The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are
"The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. 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 Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it
"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do wit
"The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets
"The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: People protect what they love
"People protect what they love"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity
"No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of th
"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"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history
"Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy
"Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lea
"It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 per day
"In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 per day"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and
"If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear fro
"If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence
"I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists
"I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become
"However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sin
"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"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians
"Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
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Small: I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen w
"I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave"
Ernest Shackleton, Explorer
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Small: After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with app
"After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with appetites the gods might have envied"
Ernest Shackleton, Explorer
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Small: My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it
"My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it"
William Kidd, Explorer
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Small: I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came
"I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns"
Ernest Shackleton, Explorer
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Small: Now my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the l
"Now my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the last... to the North Pole"
Ernest Shackleton, Explorer
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Small: If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard
"If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard"
Ernest Shackleton, Explorer
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Small: Do just once what others say you cant do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again
"Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again"
James Cook, Explorer
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Small: If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again
"If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again"
William Kidd, Explorer
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Small: I desire to put off my trial as long as I can till I can get my evidence ready
"I desire to put off my trial as long as I can till I can get my evidence ready"
William Kidd, Explorer
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Small: The noise resembles the roar of heavy, distant surf. Standing on the stirring ice one can imagine it is distur
"The noise resembles the roar of heavy, distant surf. Standing on the stirring ice one can imagine it is disturbed by the breathing and tossing of a mighty giant below"
Ernest Shackleton, Explorer
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Small: Superhuman effort isnt worth a damn unless it achieves results
"Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results"
Ernest Shackleton, Explorer
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Small: I had no money nor friends to prepare for the trial till last night
"I had no money nor friends to prepare for the trial till last night"
William Kidd, Explorer
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