Carl Safina Quotes
Most of the oxygen we breathe is made by ocean plankton. And when animals left the seas in which life arose, they took seawater with them, in their bodies - an internal environment crucial for cellular survival. We are, in a sense, soft vessels of seawater.
Quotes to Explore
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The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
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I am constantly accused of being 'First World.' So what should I do? I can't apologise for my environment, upbringing, aesthetic.
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The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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We all know guys who've had their hearts broken in real life; we just don't usually see it in the movies.
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I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.
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'Big Bang' is unbelievable; I'm blessed, but it's not the only thing in my life.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.
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Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment.
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I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach.
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I don't dream at night; life has given me the stuff I need to be able to dream during the day. I'm very lucky.
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In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
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I always trained hard in my life to win the title, and I will train twice as hard to stay at the top.
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I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.
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Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth.
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I've been strong and determined all my life about many things I've wanted.
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Families with disabled children are praying for their kids to die before them because they have no support systems. They are very scared about who will take care of their kids and how their kids will have a dignified life after they die.
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Vicodin, I got addicted to that little pill. The reason I don't talk about it too much in the press is because it isn't funny, and I love to be funny in interviews. If you joke about that period in your life, it doesn't seem right.
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Designers should only innovate as a last resort.
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The present age of contentment will come to an end only when and if the adverse developments that it fosters challenge the sense of comfortable well-being,
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Most of the oxygen we breathe is made by ocean plankton. And when animals left the seas in which life arose, they took seawater with them, in their bodies - an internal environment crucial for cellular survival. We are, in a sense, soft vessels of seawater.
