Laura Dekker Quotes

Over a period of 11 months, I was constantly afraid that Youth Care would lock me up. It was all a frightening and traumatic experience. So often, these terrible memories come to me. I can't ignore them.

Laura Dekker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: celebrity
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: September 20, 1995

Topics

MemoriesExperienceMeYouthCare

I worry whether it's not really the best way to live one's life - trying to fulfill the dreams you had as a child. Maybe it's quite a backwards approach.

Joe Cornish

LifeDreamsLiveBestChildWorry

I frequently find after a rehearsal of a performance that I have more breath, and can walk better and climb stairs better than I could before. It's as if I've expanded my lungs doing it. Basically speaking, conducting is quite a healthy profession.

Jeffrey Tate

WalkClimbPerformanceBetterDoing

Obviously, nobody chooses not to have kids because they'd rather sleep in late. It's a very visceral decision, and it's a complicated decision.

Meghan Daum

DecisionSleepLateComplicatedKids

What's amazing is how rock n' roll lasted. It started losing its commercial power in the late 1990s. But think of swing, which we think of as this big music before rock n' roll. It only lasted five years in total. So, rock going 50 years is amazing, because young people want new things.

Robert Hilburn

MusicPowerNew ThingsLosingPeople

Change is the only constant, whether it's in music, culture, dance or fashion.

Sonu Nigam

ChangeMusicCultureDanceFashion

I enjoyed coaching so much that I just have to stay with it. Don Coryell - I love him, and I think he was a great coach - but I hear he's going to build a house on some island. He's going to divorce himself from football, and that's a mystery to me.

Sid Gillman

LoveGreatFootballMeThinkHouse

I meditate two hours a day, and every year I do one big long meditation course. I love it, and I'm really into it.

Rivers Cuomo

LoveDayYearLongMeditationBig

I don't use the Internet, as I don't like living with lots of distractions. I have tried, but I found it a hindrance. as my sense of priorities goes out of the window and it pulls me out of my writing, particularly with email. I'd sit there for hours just replying to emails.

Michelle Paver

MeWindowWritingPrioritiesLiving

I moved to Queens, New York, when I was seven and a half. I went to middle school in a foreign country, but I had so many different kinds of Americans push me along and encourage me. I was very odd. I didn't talk very well. We were poor, and we didn't have any connections, but people showed up and pushed me along.

Min Jin Lee

SchoolNew YorkPeopleMePushNew

When you're faced with an opponent, the media asks the questions, and I answer truthfully. I don't hold back.

Conor McGregor

QuestionsMediaYouBackOpponent

Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.

Brian Eno

GoodAnythingPopulistPopular

I support myself. My wife and I together - it's all our household. I'm really proud of that.

Armie Hammer

MyselfTogetherWifeSupportProud

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