Paul Watson Quotes
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Documentaries make a difference.
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I've won some awards. 'Time' magazine designated me as one of the environmental heroes of the 20th century. Oh, and I've got some honorary citizenships, like from the Conch Republic of the Florida Keys. But the one thing I am proud of is I didn't get the Chevron environmental award. Never did get that one.
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Greenpeace has a fast ship that could stop the whalers cold.
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When I was born, there were three billion people on the planet.
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The United Nations World Charter for Nature, section 21, empowers any nongovernmental organisation or individual to uphold international conservation law in areas beyond national jurisdiction and specifically on the high seas.
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I wouldn't think I was successful if I didn't have just as many people hate me as support me.
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NATO isn't going to be concerned about fishing.
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We buy a bottle of water in the city, where clean water comes out in its taps. You know, back in 1965, if someone said to the average person, 'You know in thirty years you are going to buy water in plastic bottles and pay more for that water than for gasoline?' Everybody would look at you like you're completely out of your mind.
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The Polynesians used to have a system where they proclaimed a fishing area as 'taboo.' If any fisherman was caught fishing in a taboo area, they would be killed. The Polynesians understand that the fish had to be given a chance to recover.
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People say I manipulate the media. Well, duh. We live in a media culture, so why on earth wouldn't I?
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You will not ever perceive the truth that is reality. There are many realities.
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I don't have a religion, but I respect them.
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I'm never horrible to anybody. My problem, and you can ask any of my friends, is that I'm too nice to everybody.
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Taiwan gives a lot of foreign aid to Costa Rica, so it looks like they are basically buying the right to fish, even though it's not legal.
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Domestic house cats kill more fish than all the world's seals put together.
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There's money to be made by driving a species extinct.
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It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the project that cannot be found in a hired crew.
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Usually, environmental programs are not designed for a mainstream audience.
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Way back in October 2007, I had urged thousands of Australians to vote for Kevin Rudd and Peter Garrett's Labor Party. Why? Because they promised to get tough on illegal Japanese whaling.
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I experienced the California Northridge Earthquake of 1994 and the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, and I have thus seen firsthand how terrible and awesomely devastating a force of nature can be.
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In 'Deadliest Catch,' we have men in ships in rough seas catching crabs. With 'Whale Wars,' we have men and women from a dozen different nations going out to sea in rough weather to help save the whales. We also have icebergs, whales, penguins, and dramatic ship-to-ship confrontations.
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I have actually led more expeditions to Antarctica than Scott, Amundsen, and Shackleton put together.
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Here's the thing: Nobody gets extradited for a crime where nobody's been hurt, where no property's been damaged.
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I don't think you really have to retire from what you do.