Ingrid Betancourt Quotes
As a Colombian, the only way I can relate to my country is through suffering. I hope that my children and my grandchildren will relate to the beautiful country in a way that it is positive and loving.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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I look forward to a time when my career in a place where I can get out of Los Angeles and find a nice small town like I grew up in to raise my family.
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President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people.
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It is so important for girls and boys to have a female, strong superhero to look up to.
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I think, the people around home are very supportive to us.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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Allah will help him who moves in the way of Allah.
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Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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The means that make one qualified for enquiry are meditation, yoga, etc. One should gain proficiency in these through graded practice and thus secure a stream of mental modes that is natural and helpful.
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I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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While I did not get any formal training in acting, every summer vacation, from the age of five, my father would take me to Ooty with him, and I would do films as a child star. I did over 10 films like that, and it was understood that post finishing my education, I would become an actor.
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I don't put on makeup when I'm getting ready for a game, because why would I? I am gearing up for battle. How is mascara or eyeliner going to help me win?
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Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem.
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I have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.
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California is a tragic country - like Palestine, like every Promised Land.
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President Abraham Lincoln never lost his ardor for the United States to remain united during the Civil War.
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We started off by inviting our friends to use Quora, and then they invited their friends, and it just grew from there.
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The human body is an instrument for the production of art in the life of the human soul.
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Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me.
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As a Colombian, the only way I can relate to my country is through suffering. I hope that my children and my grandchildren will relate to the beautiful country in a way that it is positive and loving.
