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We have intelligent species on our planet that we are not even trying to communicate with.

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Paul Watson
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 2
Activist
Environmentalist
Naval Officer
Sailor
City of Toronto
Paul Franklin Watson
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Be a voice for the future and a voice for the planet.
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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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We go after unlawful activities.
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I’ve got no criminal record.
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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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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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