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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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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The barometer for judging the character of people, in regard human rights, is now those who consider themselves gay, homosexual, lesbian. The judgment as to whether you can trust the future, the social advancement - depending on people - will be judged on where they come out on that question.
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I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.
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I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
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It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of all which establishes in civil rights the natural equality between men. It is this celestial voice which dictates to each citizen the precepts of public reason, and teaches him to act according to the rules of his own judgment and not to behave inconsistently with himself. It is with this voice alone that political leaders should speak when. they command.
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The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
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My sangha, what I seem to attract, are people who have been practicing a long time, they're teaching, they're more serious about their spiritual journey.
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I studied political science at the Ecole de Sciences Politiques in Paris.
