Colombian - Politician | December 25, 1961 -
I never say no to an ice cream.
Ingrid Betancourt
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The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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The only thing I've settled in my mind is that I want to forgive, and forgiveness comes with forgetting.
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More than a victim, I am a survivor of a dehumanization process.
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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.
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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.
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I don't want to be submerged by depression.
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We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity; it's inevitable.
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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.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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In a kidnapping, you leave behind a lot of your baggage, like arrogance and stubbornness.
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