Carolina QuotesAnd I hope Jill Tarter's wish to engage Earthlings includes dolphins and whales and other sea creatures in this quest to find intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. And I hope, Jill, that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet.
Sylvia A. Earle Connected to the Carolinas
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- "My wish: Protect our oceans" (2009 TED talk)
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- 2009
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