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" I always say, 'I'm not a pirate, I just play one on TV.' "
Paul Watson
Play
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" Does Greenpeace think it can stop whaling in Antarctica by publicly eating whale meat and declaring it delicious? What are these people thinking? "
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" All confrontation is based on deception. "
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" The Polynesians used to have a system where they proclaimed a fishing area as 'taboo.' If any fisherman was caught fishing in a taboo area, they would be killed. The Polynesians understand that the fish had to be given a chance to recover. "
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" I feel that people should have a license to have children, that they have proper education how to raise children. And that nobody should be allowed to be a parent unless they can prove that they are competent enough to be a parent. "
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" My concern is not for the judicial system, but for the reality that the shark fin mafia of Costa Rica has a price on my head, and a Costa Rican prison would provide an excellent opportunity for someone to exercise this lethal contract against me. "
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" The most powerful weapon in the world, as far as I'm concerned, is the camera. "
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" Sustainable fishing is a fraud. It's a marketing term that really means 'business as usual.' "
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" Bluefin tuna is sort of like the cheetah of the ocean. It's the fastest fish. It's a warm-blooded fish. But it's got a $100,000 price tag on its head. "
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" You will not ever perceive the truth that is reality. There are many realities. "
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" Here's the thing: Nobody gets extradited for a crime where nobody's been hurt, where no property's been damaged. "
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" People feel good about giving money to Greenpeace. "
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" I'm not interested in culture; I'm interested in the law. "
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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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" Dutch prisons are probably the most civilized you're going to find anywhere in the world. "
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" I wouldn't think I was successful if I didn't have just as many people hate me as support me. "
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" I don't have a religion, but I respect them. "
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" Japan is a bully nation that takes what it wants and threatens any who oppose it. "
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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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" I used to swim with these beavers in a beaver pond when I was 10. I went back when I was 11 and found there were no more beavers. I found that trappers had taken them all, so I became quite angry, and that winter I began to walk the trap lines and free animals from the traps and destroy the traps. "
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" There's no rest when you're on planetary duty. "
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" There's money to be made by driving a species extinct. "
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" Domestic house cats kill more fish than all the world's seals put together. "
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" The Brer Rabbit ploy has been quite effective for me. When a country is talking about prosecuting me, I demand to be charged and put on trial and offer to pay my own airfare. They know that I'm going to bring a lot of international media with me and put their whaling programme on trial, and they decide it's better to keep quiet and do nothing. "
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" If we wipe out the fish, the oceans are going to die. If the oceans die, we die. We can't live on this planet with a dead ocean. "
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" I've had a lot of disappointments. I think my biggest disappointment is the failure of elected officials to make good on their promises in regards to the environment or anything else, really. I have very little faith in politicians. "
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