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Sylvia Earle

Marine biologist and oceanographer; first woman to serve as Chief Scientist of NOAA

United States

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Question Which book reshaped how you think, and in what way? Taste & recommendation read 23 other answers →
I fell in love with the stories by William Beebe, who was an ocean explorer. He discussed what it was like to go down inside a submersible, and peer out of a port hole and see beautiful, luminescent fish, with lights down the side like ocean liners. Bizarre creatures of the sort that you just don’t see walking down the street, or going into the forest, or even looking around in shallow water.
Recorded Academy of Achievement recorded interview, American Academy of Achievement, 27 January 1991 source ↗
Question What counsel would you give your twenty-year-old self — and what should they ignore? Time & hindsight read 77 other answers →
They encouraged me, the way I do others now, that if you really have something that you like to do, that’s what you probably should do. Despite what everybody says, that you can’t make a living, or that’s not practical, or a thousand reasons why you may not do this or this or this. If that’s what your heart says you should do, chances are that you ought to listen.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 27 January 1991 source ↗

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