Ingrid Betancourt Quotes

Ingrid Betancourt
Colombian Politician
Born: Dec 25, 1961
Because Every Me Political Will You
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I have to forget in order to find peace in my soul and be able to forgive. Ingrid Betancourt
Soul Peace Find Able My Soul Forget Forgive Order
The relationship with time changes when you're captive. Ingrid Betancourt
Time Relationship You Changes Time Changes Captive
The only thing I've settled in my mind is that I want to forgive, and forgiveness comes with forgetting. Ingrid Betancourt
Forgiveness Mind Settled Only Forgetting Forgive Want The Only Thing Thing
More than a victim, I am a survivor of a dehumanization process. Ingrid Betancourt
Victim More Am Than Survivor Process
Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart. Ingrid Betancourt
You Heart Decision Reconciliation Take Your
In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation. Ingrid Betancourt
Life Every Guard Teeth Everything Way Paper Negotiation Details Something Brush Hostage Over Talk Another Permission Go Loses Essentials Which Little Ask Asked Acting Use Your Toilet Toilet Paper Captivity Satisfy
I am not irresponsible. Ingrid Betancourt
Am Irresponsible
I carry the voices of all my family within me, and they were with me there in the jungle. Ingrid Betancourt
Family Me Carry Voices Within Were Jungle
You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.' Ingrid Betancourt
You Fear Master Say OK Scared Able Very Going Your
You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss. Ingrid Betancourt
You Yourself Spirituality Abyss Tremendous Falling Stop Need
I called my party the Green Oxygen party because Colombians were choking. Ingrid Betancourt
Party Because Were Green Oxygen Choking
It's not easy to talk about things that are still hurting. Ingrid Betancourt
Easy Hurting About Talk Still Things
In a kidnapping, you leave behind a lot of your baggage, like arrogance and stubbornness. Ingrid Betancourt
You Arrogance Kidnapping Stubbornness Baggage Like Leave Lot Behind Your
France is my home; you are my family. I am carrying all of you in my heart. Ingrid Betancourt
Home Family You Heart France Carrying Am
I have shed many tears of pain and indignation. Ingrid Betancourt
Tears Pain Indignation Shed Many
We have to be aware of our fragilities as human beings - when we see cruelty, to understand that in certain conditions, we could be cruel, too. Ingrid Betancourt
Cruelty Too Our See Could Cruel Understand Conditions Human Human Beings Certain Beings Aware
I want to tell President Sarkozy - and through him, all the French people - that they were our support, our light. Ingrid Betancourt
People Light President Our Tell Through Support French Him French People Were Want
The voice of the Holy Father was like a light. Ingrid Betancourt
Light Father Voice Like Holy
I want to serve my country, but not necessarily in the political arena. Ingrid Betancourt
Political Country Arena Political Arena Want Serve Necessarily
I was in chains all the time, 24 hours a day, for three years. I tried to wear those chains with dignity, even if I felt that it was unbearable. Ingrid Betancourt
Time Day Dignity Three Those Tried Wear Unbearable Hours Felt Years Chains Even
I had this belief that I couldn't just accept to be treated as an object. It was a problem of dignity. Ingrid Betancourt
Dignity Problem Object Had Accept Just Belief Treated
When you lose your freedom, you are alone with your emotions and reactions... you can see, for example, the bad reactions you have in front of others or the way you could be dismissive or harsh. Ingrid Betancourt
Alone Freedom You Emotions Example Lose Others Way Harsh Bad See Could For Example Reactions Front Your Your Freedom
I think that the worst thing is realizing that mankind - that - that human beings can be so horrible to other human beings. Ingrid Betancourt
Think Other Worst Worst Thing Horrible Human Human Beings Mankind Realizing Beings Thing
Living in a jungle is not something easy; it's not something that you just adapt yourself to. And I think that in my case, I didn't want to adapt. Ingrid Betancourt
You Yourself Living Think Easy Case Something Jungle Just Want Adapt
I think that women are peacemakers by genetics, because we are the ones who stay at home and because we are the ones who suffer with the aftermath of war. Ingrid Betancourt
War Home Women Think Stay Stay-At-Home Genetics Because Women Are Aftermath Who Suffer
The thing is that war is the opposite of negotiation. It's when you cannot negotiate, when you cannot talk, when you cannot reach agreements that then you have war. Ingrid Betancourt
War You Negotiate Negotiation Reach Talk Opposite Cannot Then Agreements Thing
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