Ingrid Betancourt Quotes
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I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
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I have always loved and appreciated the Giants organization, my Giants teammates, and the fans of San Francisco.
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This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
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I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was I developed no special skills. I don't have any resentment because I am a performer and I've always felt that, but it did take its toll socially.
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I tried college and I hated that. I seem to quit everything I do.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been trying more or less, where it was possible, is to go with the justice rather than the letter of the law.
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A bad hair day for me is when it gets flat and greasy.
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But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
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Americans are generally decent and fair people with a commitment to sense, but some of us, swept up by our passions, wade too far into a sea of sensibility.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
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It doesn't matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.
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I'm not an actress; I'm not a professional testifier.
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I am not against the pharmaceutical companies. I love them. That's not the issue. The issue is, in some cases, when they do these clinical trials, they control the data. They analyze the data. In some cases, they even write the article. And that leads to at least the perception, if not the reality, that there's a conflict of interest.
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The strongest continuous thread in America's political tradition is skepticism about government.
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My family's really close.
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Women who may choose to have silicone breast implants are entitled to independent research to ensure they have complete and comprehensive information. It's especially important since so many women have experienced complications with their implants they never knew were possible.
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If you don't have confidence in the diagnosis, you won't have confidence in the prescription.
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I studied political science at the Ecole de Sciences Politiques in Paris.
