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Intelligence is the ability of a species to live in harmony with its environment.

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Paul Watson
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 2
Activist
Environmentalist
Naval Officer
Sailor
City of Toronto
Paul Franklin Watson
Environment
Animal
Ability
Live
Harmony
Species
Intelligence

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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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