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It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.

~Jacques Yves Cousteau

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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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People protect what they love.

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The sea is the universal sewer.

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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.

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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

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No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.

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What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.

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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.

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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Explorer

Born: June 11th, 1910

Died: June 25th, 1997

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