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I grew up under Communism so we could only learn Russian, and then

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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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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So, we have choice, and sometimes it seems very hard, but the best way to heal physically or emotionally is to keep positive. – Petra Nemcova

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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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Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. – D.H. Lawrence

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The nice thing about the Bible is it doesnt give you too many facts. Two an a half lines and it tells you the whole story and that leaves you a great deal of freedom to elaborate on how it might have happened. – Howard Nemerov

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I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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He who is allowed to do as he likes will soon run his head into a brick wall out of sheer frustration. – Robert Musil, The Man without Qualities, 1930

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