Our oceans cover two-thirds of what my grandfather called our water planet, and the part of the ocean that falls under the jurisdiction of the United States covers an area larger than the country itself.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... 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ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes. ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment. ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.' ZARA PHILLIPS Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha... ZARA PHILLIPS It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm an affectionate person. ZARA PHILLIPS People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me... ZARA PHILLIPS Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au... ZARA PHILLIPS Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about. ZARA PHILLIPS My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media. ZARA PHILLIPS I love the sport and being competitive. 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WALLIS SIMPSON I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers. WALLIS SIMPSON For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat. WALLIS SIMPSON Forgive me for not writing but this man is exhausting. WALLIS SIMPSON You can never be too rich or too thin. WALLIS SIMPSON A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. KING SOLOMON It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most... FREDERICK THE GREAT Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease, and its impact can be simply devastating. All... KATE MIDDLETON There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. MARIE ANTOINETTE I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all. MARIE ANTOINETTE I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It... QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist. 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JACQUES YVES COUSTEAU I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence. JACQUES YVES COUSTEAU For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to real... JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets. JACQUES YVES COUSTEAU Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU Sometimes it is claimed by those who argue that race is just a social construct that the human genom... J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON Race differences show up early in life. J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individu... J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON The mean pattern of educational and economic achievement within multi-racial countries such as Canad... J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjec... J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON Nonetheless, much has been learned by studying the statistical differences between the various human... J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species. J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992. J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON I then moved to the University of Western Ontario where I was made a full professor in 1985. J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943. J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achie... J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON On average, the Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese are more similar to each other and are different from... J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON To deny the predictive validity of race at this level is nonscientific and unrealistic. J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON Of course, individuals vary greatly within each racial group and should be treated as such. J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reprodu... J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON Each race (or variety) is characterized by a more or less distinct combination of inherited morpholo... J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places. J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness... J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON Blacks in the Caribbean, Britain, Canada and sub-Saharan Africa as well as in the United States have... J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON What is conceived well is expressed clearly. PHILIPPE NERICAULT DESTOUCHES Emphasis on the common emotive or affective origins of music and words in the first cries of humanki... JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU Startling, and alarming to many, is the conclusion that follows from these data that if all people w... J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and bui... J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON