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It doesn't matter what is true it only matters what people believe is true... You are what the media define you to be. [Greenpeace] became a myth and a myth-generating machine.

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Paul Watson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: December 2
Activist
Environmentalist
Naval Officer
Sailor
City of Toronto
Paul Franklin Watson
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I got the impression that instead of going out to shoot birds, I should go out and shoot the kids who shoot birds.
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In the great scheme of things, what matters is not how long you live but why you live, what you stand for and what you are willing to die for.
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Almost all theological thought is anthropocentric and I just cannot buy into the anthropocentric ideology. Basically we're a bunch of conceited apes.
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Follow your dreams and use your natural born talents and skills to make this a better world for tomorrow.
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I can assure you no whales are going to be killed today.
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I have hope that humanity will be cured of our collective ecological insanity and that we adapt to living within the boundaries of the laws of ecology.
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We're just a conceited, naked ape. But in our minds we're some sort of divine legend, and we see ourselves as some sort of god. That we can walk around the earth deciding who will live and who will die and what will be destroyed and what will be saved. But the fact is we're just a bunch of primates out of control.
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