Paul Watson Quotes
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Documentaries make a difference.
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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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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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I don't have a religion, but I respect them.
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Domestic house cats kill more fish than all the world's seals put together.
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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 wouldn't think I was successful if I didn't have just as many people hate me as support me.
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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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You will not ever perceive the truth that is reality. There are many realities.
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The most powerful weapon in the world, as far as I'm concerned, is the camera.
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I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds.
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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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When I was born, there were three billion people on the planet.
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I always try to take the unexpected things and make them work for me.
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Dutch prisons are probably the most civilized you're going to find anywhere in the world.
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Costa Rica and Germany have simply been pawns in the Japanese quest to silence Sea Shepherd in an attempt to stop our annual opposition of their illegal whaling activities.
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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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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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My concern is not for the judicial system, but for the reality that the shark fin mafia of Costa Rica has a price on my head, and a Costa Rican prison would provide an excellent opportunity for someone to exercise this lethal contract against me.
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Russian subs are a bargain at $60,000. Unfortunately, none of the dials or instructions are in English.
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I don't think you really have to retire from what you do.
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If you're dealing with criminals, they're not going to want to go to court.
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My grandfather carried me around on his shoulders at 85.
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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.