When I was learning by myself, despite my parents, despite my teachers, despite society, when I was fighting for building my life as a young wire walker at age 16, I didn't have feelings, I had certainties.
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PHILIPPE RUSHTON Our oceans are facing innumerable threats - from overfishing and pollution to ocean acidification an... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. 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 Let's face it. Adventure and exploration are in my blood. PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. Ocean acidification is often referred to as osteoporosis of the oceans because as acidity rises, she... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. I hate plastic bottles. Just think about it before you buy one. We pay more for a gallon of water th... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and bui... J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON Learning can never be quantified with a flawed educational unit. LOUISE PHILIPPE DULAY Ocean acidification is caused by the ocean absorbing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the ... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. With EarthEcho Expedition: Acid Apocalypse, we are working with youth leaders and noted experts on t... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. The world cannot live without the Arctic; it affects every living thing on Earth and acts as a virtu... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. When you talk to a Republican, many of them just outright say, 'Yeah. Climate change isn't r... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. My greatest hope for a future without another Deepwater Horizon disaster lies in our schools, living... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. The first time I ever had the opportunity to dive on the Great Barrier Reef, it was while filming ... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. Like my father and grandfather, Philippe and Jacques-Yves Cousteau, I've dedicated my life to ex... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. As our technology evolves, we will have the capacity to reach new, ever-increasing depths. The quest... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. The earliest memories I have of the ocean are actually stories - stories from my grandfather, the le... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. I could cut my leg of; I could cut my arm off. I could gouge my eye out - I'd still probably sur... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. Don't eat shrimp - it's one of the most unsustainable fish. For every pound that's caugh... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. Women, deceived by men, want to marry them; it is a kind of revenge as good as any other PHILIPPE DE REMI Truly, we do live on a 'water planet.' For us, water is that critical issue that we need. It... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. As an explorer, I know firsthand there are many places in the ocean so full of life that they should... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. Phoenix is an interesting example. Drive around and see the golf courses everywhere, and you see peo... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. The goal of each EarthEcho Expedition is to inspire and empower youth around the world with the know... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. We've built, drilled, and shipped indiscriminately across our oceans, with little consideration ... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. Our oceans cover two-thirds of what my grandfather called our water planet, and the part of the ocea... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. Sumatra has these lush forests and huge, amazing creatures like elephants, orangutans, and tigers. T... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. There's more than what the eye can see, the heart can love, and the brain can understand. LOUISE PHILIPPE DULAY If having a beautiful lawn means putting up warning signs several times a year to keep children and ... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. They say that our sense of smell is one of the strongest triggers of memories. Of course, our sense ... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. Targeting women is key in developing countries. It allows them to go to school, to say how many chil... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. I love snowboarding. It's probably my favorite sport. I love sitting on top of the mountain and ... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. One of my big pet peeves is single-use plastic bags. I think it's one of the stupidest ideas in ... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. Some parts of our oceans, like the rich and mysterious recesses of our Atlantic submarine canyons an... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. Rhythm and sounds are born with syllables. JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU Science is cool! But it's easy for that to get lost in textbooks sometimes. PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. D'Adam nous sommes tous enfants,
La prove en est connue,
Et que tous, nos premier parents
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