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"If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union."

"The purpose of work is to labor and invest time in your gift."

"The people who have recently come to this country to work and better their lives should be given the same opportunities that our parents, grandparents, and ancestors were given."

"Bolts work on nuts; pens work on paper. But you must work on yourself. Go, get working!"
Explore more quotes by Jacques Yves Cousteau

"When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself."

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

"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."

"The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat."

"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it."

"Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history."

"The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets."

"The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years."
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