3 December 2020 Petra Nemcova 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.
3 December 2020 Petra Nemcova I used to work all the time, and now if there is a wedding, there’s a concert, I’m there.
3 December 2020 Petra Nemcova 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.
3 December 2020 Petra Nemcova There are lots of things which I would love to tell him, but in some way, I also feel that I lost the person closest to me. And I got a second chance to live. So in a way I feel that I live for both of us… and I will do my best.
3 December 2020 Petra Nemcova We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn’t have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness.
3 December 2020 Petra Nemcova So, we have choice, and sometimes it seems very hard, but the best way to heal physically or emotionally is to keep positive.
