"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
"It's easy to become hopeless. So people must have hope: the human brain, the resilience of nature, the energy of young people and the sort of inspiration that you see from so many hundreds of people who tackle tasks that are impossible and never give up and succeed."
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Source: Going Blue: A Teen Guide to Saving Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, & Wetlands. Book by Cathryn Berger Kaye, Philippe Cousteau, 2010.
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