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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.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
Age: 87 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 11
Died: 1997
Died: June 25
Biologist
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Marine Biologist
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There are no boundaries in the real Planet Earth. No United States, no Soviet Union, no China, no Taiwan...Rivers flow unimpeded across the swaths of continents. The persistent tides - the pulse of the sea - do not discriminate they push against all the varied shores on Earth.
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Man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. 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 sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
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I was playing when I invented the aqualung. I think play is the most serious thing in the world.
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I experimented with all possible maneuvers-loops, somersaults and barrel rolls. I stood upside down on one finger and burst out laughing, a shrill, distorted laugh. Nothing I did altered the automatic rhythm of the air. Delivered from gravity and buoyancy, I flew around in space.
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The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish.
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The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
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All life is part of a complex relationship in which each is dependent upon the others, taking from, giving to and living with all the rest.
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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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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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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.
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The United Nation's goal is to reduce population selectively by encouraging abortion, forced sterilization, and control of human reproduction, and regards two-thirds of the human population as excess baggage, with 350,000 people to be eliminated per day.
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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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Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today
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The sea is the universal sewer.
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Through the window of my mask I see a wall of coral, its surface a living kaleidoscope of lilac flecks, splashes of gold, reddish streaks and yellows, all tinged by the familiar transparent blue of the sea.
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I wake up saying, I'm still alive a miracle. And so I keep on pushing.
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How dangerous are those sea animals with bad reputations? A few actually kill. A few maim. Some are poisonous when eaten by man. Most sting, stab,or poison and cause mild to severe discomfort to man. Yet man is one of the larger beings that sea creatures encounter, and these poisons usually can't kill him.
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