Eugenie Clark Quotes

#1. Sharks are among the most perfectly constructed creatures in nature. Some forms have survived for two hundred million years.

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#2. I can't think of anything I regret. Everything I've done, I've enjoyed doing. I've had five husbands, four children. I've done it all, but mainly I've enjoyed studying fish and being underwater with them, being in their natural habitat, looking at the fish and the fish looking at me.

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#3. I liked to use my face mask more than the diving helmet for most occasions. I was learning to hold my breath longer now and could go down almost as deep without the helmet which limited my movements ...

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#4. I don't work at something because I think it's important. I work at things that, to me, are interesting.

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#5. I want to be remembered as a nice person who didn't hurt people - except my ex-husbands, maybe.

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#6. I don't get philosophical. Love fish. Love sharks. Keep the water and their habitats as clean and protected as possible

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#7. People generally thought that sharks are dumb eating machines. After some study, I began to realize that these 'gangsters' of the deep had gotten a bad rap.

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#8. It would be nice if we didn't have to drill for oil in the gulf. We have this shallow continental shelf on the west coast of Florida, and it would be a real disaster if we had a major oil spill there. It would be wonderful if we could find some other source of energy.

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#9. It seems as though women keep growing. Eventually they can have little or nothing in common with the men they chose long ago.

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#10. In the beginning, I wanted to enter what was essentially a man's field. I wanted to prove I could do it. Then I found that when I did as well as the men in the field I got more credit for my work because I am a woman, which seems unfair.

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