Laura Dekker Quotes

#1. I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.

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#2. A house is kind of scary.

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#3. Since I was 10 years old, I knew I wanted to sail around the world.

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#4. I follow my own head. And if I'm determined to do something, then I'll make sure that I make it happen.

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#5. I love my parents. But they have their life, and I have mine.

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#6. At sea, I feel comfortable and I come to rest.

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#7. Authors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it

Nella Larsen

#8. Some remedies are worse than the disease.

Publilius Syrus

#9. It was really weird dealing with the media. I had no idea how to handle it.

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#10. In England, I met a couple who run a children's home. They were very kind and showed me many nice spots in England.

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#11. I am not going to say much about the film 'Maidentrip,' but I won't be representing it, as I am not fully standing behind it.

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#12. I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.

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#13. As a 13-year-old girl, it was never my intention to be the center of world news.

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#14. Perversity is the human thirst for self-torture.

Edgar Allan Poe

#15. 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.

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#16. Well, young man, have you found anyone worthy of your respect?"
Artemis smiled back. "Yes," he said. "I believe I have.

Eoin Colfer

#17. All the media are horrible.

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#18. My parents have sailed around the world; they know what can happen and that it's not always fun, but because I want to do it so much, they agreed and supported me.

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#19. I really like boats. If you want to go somewhere, you just take your house with you.

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#20. I'm still not used to the idea of being the youngest circumnavigator.

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#21. There is no such thing as a Difficult Piece. A piece is either impossible - or it is easy.
The process whereby it migrates from one category to the other is known as practicing.

Louis Kentner

#22. I grew up sailing in the North Sea.

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#23. I like talking to myself and making patterns out of the letters of the alphabet on blank surfaces.

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

#24. We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#25. As soon as I get on my boat, something inside me changes. Then I really feel what living is.

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#26. Homer Simpson is one of my favorite people, though he's not real. He represents the American who's filled with this 'affluenza.' He's constantly exposed to consumption and a sense of bigness, which is a part of being an American.

Mitchell Joachim

#27. When I'm not surfing or sailing, I am to be found at the harbour working on my boat.

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#28. I do not often get lonely, and I never get bored.

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