Philippe Cousteau, Jr. Quotes
We've explored very little of the ocean. We really don't know what's out there. But people think we've figured it all out.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
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In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I'm just from a normal working class family and happened to get obsessed with music as a teenager.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.
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I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
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Man knows so much and does so little.
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I don't think the deficit of the country is a Republican issue or a Democratic issue. I think it's a country issue. I don't think worrying about the reindustrialization of America is a Republican or Democratic issue.
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I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?
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Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.
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I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.
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I love cities, and I love city governments in particular. But in politics it would have taken me 8 years from implementing a policy before I would get to see the feedback. With programming I could model the same policies and see the impact immediately. Technology is a far more efficient way to test.
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I loved Allan Dwan. He was a tough old guy.
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To talk about a relationship trivializes something that's nobody's business.
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If I've gotten to a point where people want to see something because I'm in it, I'm grateful and humbled. But having an awareness of that doesn't help me do what I need to do, I think.
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I don't mind people writing about me. Personal attacks are different, but political arguments? I'm putting myself out there on a daily basis. I'm giving my opinion. So it only makes sense that others might differ and will criticize me.
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Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
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We steer completely clear of anything suggestive.
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We've explored very little of the ocean. We really don't know what's out there. But people think we've figured it all out.
