We're actually just getting things done where we live.

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Therefore, skeptics would argue that since smuggling has always been more a nuisance than a scourge, it is a threat we can learn to live with as we have always done.

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As the Plastiki sails through an ocean of trash we should all be ashamed of what we have done to this planet and what we have condemned our children to live with.

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So with all that at work here, and the fact that so much progress has been made toward an agreement that everyone can live with, we believe that we should get this done, and get it done because there are bigger challenges that we need to work on together.

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"We've done this because the clock has been ticking for a long time, " he told BBC Radio 5 Live.

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