Ingrid Betancourt Quotes
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I don't know if I'm selfless - I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit record. I want to tour; that's not completely selfless. But the truth is I'm not interested in people coming to my show for me as much as I am for them coming to my show for themselves. That's always been how I am.
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The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
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You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.
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Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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How well you eat and rest helps you analyse your energy reserves.
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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In fact, you couldn't give me anything to make me go back to being a teenager. Never. No, I hated it.
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A lot of my songs are about taking whatever life throws at you and making the most of it.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.
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I was ten years old in 1969, and while we lived in Arizona that year, I spent most of the summer staying with family friends in Portland, Oregon while my parents visited Spain. It was an adventure all around.
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Whether you like another band's music or not you never know who is going to take you out on tour or who you are going to be friends with and that is just something that is important to us.
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For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.
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All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts.
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I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they'd like to have. I wanted the ability for someone to just open up my brain and take out the entire first draft and lay it down in front of me so I can just focus on the second, third and fourth drafts.
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You only can rest when have the truth, even when it's horrible.
