Jeff Corwin Quotes

#1. I am really sobered by what's happening to ecosystems around our planet and to the wildlife that is to be found there.

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#2. We live in a time where we have more extinction happening on our planet than since the dinosaurs were wiped out 50 million years ago.

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#3. What drives me is that moment of discovery. I love the unknown.

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#4. Many of the medicines we use today, to fight everything from AIDS to cancer, originate as a toxin in an amphibian skin. When we lose these animals, we lose resources. We lose keystone species in the environments where they live.

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#5. In my heart, ever since I [was] a little kid, I've been an explorer.

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#6. Today, I'm a conservationist because I believe that my species doesn't have the right or option to determine the fate of other species, even ones that inspire fear in us.

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#7. Running is my addiction. It's always present. I'm constantly thinking about my next run.

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#8. I'm a biologist. At my core, I'm a naturalist.

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#9. I love people who have died trying to save wildlife. When I see that passion, that gives me hope.

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#10. The natural resources we've depended on, if the places where they exist are not stable, our own livelihood and our health is put at risk.

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#11. Our health as a society, our robustness as a community, as a nation, as a people, is not only dependent upon fiscal stability, military might, political strength - it's also dependent on a healthy planet.

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#12. To be with another scientist and make a discovery and share that with a global audience, or working with bear biologists in Alaska, by helicopter - [it's] really what I've given my whole life to. And I get to do that just about every week.

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#13. We live in uncertain times when it comes to the future of life on Earth.

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#14. The challenge is that we live in a time where there's a lot of crap on television.

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#15. I think a human animal is far more wild and unpredictable and dangerous and destructive than any other animal.

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#16. We know that when push comes to shove, [we can] drive ourselves to save our planet.

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#17. I'm glad I'm inspiring somebody.

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#18. I think the hardest part about my job is the best part of my job - the travel.

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#19. Whether it's exploring the woods around where I grew up, or even today exploring the coastal habitats and environments where I live in New England, or in a remote wilderness we're featuring in one of my series - I love to be in the field and I love to explore.

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#20. I'm really worried about what the world is going to be like when my daughters are young women, [when] they are young leaders or mothers or businesspeople - whatever they're going to be. I'm afraid they're going to have a less healthy and less biologically rich planet.

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#21. We are not far away from the point of no return when it comes to life on earth, and we have some radical choices to make.

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