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If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.


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CARL PALADINO No, I'm not politically correct. I never wanted to be, and I never will be.
CARL PALADINO People listen to me, and they hear about a government they want, a government... that will cut spend...
CARL PALADINO I don't have an endgame. My game is to take on any bad guys I see out there. And do the best I c...
CARL PALADINO I'm a very spontaneous person. If someone aggravates me, I'm going to go after them. I wake ...
CARL PALADINO I see a New York where people who are down on their luck can get back on the road to responsibility,...
CARL PALADINO I'm not - I'm not a person looking for money. I have no political ambitions whatsoever. I do...
CARL PALADINO I'm 64 years old and, yeah, I went through a transition in my life last year, with the death of ...
CARL PALADINO My feelings on homosexuality are unequivocal. I have absolutely no problem with it whatsoever. My on...
CARL PALADINO We're going to restructure the state government into a government that's responsive to the n...
CARL PALADINO People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not g...
CARL PALADINO We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less...
CARL PALADINO I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting...
CARL PALADINO I see a New York that is once again the empire state.
CARL PALADINO The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.
CARL PALADINO I want everyone in the Republican party who opposed me to know this: you are welcome to join this pe...
CARL PALADINO I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.
CARL PALADINO Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if y...
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