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I’m not interested in culture; I’m interested in the law.
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The environmental movement doesn’t have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war.
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When I hear so-called professional journalists ask why we have celebrities speak for us and for the animals, the environment or social causes, I marvel at their denial of the rules of their own trade.
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I don’t eat fish because there is no such thing as sustainable fishing in the world right now.
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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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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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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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Nobody can legitimately claim to be a marine ecologist and conservationist while continuing to eat fish. It is the ultimate form of hypocrisy.
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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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All revolutions are violent revolutions.
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I’m not pessimistic about anything.
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Follow your dreams and use your natural-born talents and skills to make this a better world for tomorrow.
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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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People sometimes feel frustrated about what’s going on in our oceans and environment, and ‘Whale Wars‘ shows that ordinary people can take action and make things happen.
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My clients are the whales and the seals.
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The fact is, Japan’s whaling is illegal, so just because there is a natural disaster in Japan is no reason for us to stop opposing their illegal activities in the Southern Ocean.
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The sealing industry is dying.
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I did not establish the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as a protest organisation.
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Every fish in the ocean is in danger.
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The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade retaliation from Japan.
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I don’t think that any government has a right to subvert the truth or to cover up the truth, and all I see WikiLeaks doing is exposing the truth.
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That’s the thing with celebrities: the media can’t ignore them.
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It’s a war, I think, to save the planet, really, from ourselves.
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The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have molded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are prey to the sharks have had their behavior, their speed, their camouflage, their defense mechanisms molded by the shark.
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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’m not really a fugitive.
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We live on the most incredible planet, and yet we abuse it, and we abuse it mercilessly.
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I feel that we have a responsibility to try to do everything we can to protect species, and the best way to do that is to uphold international conservation law.
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