Quote by Petra Nemcova
We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with kno

We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldnt have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness. – Petra Nemcova

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I grew up under Communism so we could only learn Russian, and then when Communism fell in 1989 we could learn a few more things and have the freedom to travel and the freedom of speech – and the freedom of dreaming, really. – Petra Nemcova

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Freedom
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I used to work all the time, and now if there is a wedding, theres a concert, Im there. – Petra Nemcova

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wedding
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I was so afraid to even read a paper in front of my classmates. It is very funny because at that point my teachers would never have believed that I could speak in front of an audience of over 2,000 people. – Petra Nemcova

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funny
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Knowledge
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The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Knowledge

And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, or father, than the knowledge that you come from honest blood. – John Sergeant Wise

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Knowledge

It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nations leading causes of preventable death, but its less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires. – Ed Markey

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Knowledge

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists. – Corliss Lamont

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Knowledge

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