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I wake up saying, I'm still alive a miracle. And so I keep on pushing.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

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Jacques Yves Cousteau
Age: 87 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 11
Died: 1997
Died: June 25
Biologist
Conservationist
Engineer
Explorer
Film Director
Filmmaker
Innovator
Inventor
Marine Biologist
Oceanographer
Montalon
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Miracle
Saying
Alive
Morning
Keep
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Pushing
Life
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