Ingrid Betancourt Quotes

I was in chains all the time, 24 hours a day, for three years. I tried to wear those chains with dignity, even if I felt that it was unbearable.

Ingrid Betancourt

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TimeDayDignityThreeChainsYears

There is no God-given right to victory on the battlefield. You win that through the skill and the devotion, the valor and the ferocity of your troops.

Jim Mattis

WinVictoryYouSkillDevotionYour

I think it would be fun to walk around in Bill Murray's mind for a while.

Jesse Plemons

WalkFunMindThinkWouldI Think

I'm an emotional person, a very emotional person.

Michael Clarke Duncan

PersonEmotionalVery

I believe in living life the way that you want to live it every day, and if you do that, you don't really need to have New Year's resolutions.

Tom Ford

LifeLiveDayBelieveYearYou

Even if a story has nothing to do with my life, if I can recognise something of myself in the character and think, 'Oh yeah, that's what I'd do...' Yeah, that's what I look for.

Tom Hanks

LifeCharacterMyselfStoryThink

Sarah Palin lacked the preparation or temperament to be one heartbeat away from the presidency, but what she possessed in abundance was the ability to inflame political passions and energize the John McCain campaign with star quality.

Roger Ebert

QualityPreparationPoliticalShe

I didn't sit around thinking, 'I'd love to play Luke Cage,' but when the character was presented, I did my research, and I was just like, 'This is a real gift. He's a great character, and I'm happy to have a chance to take a crack at him.'

Mike Colter

LoveCharacterGreatHappyResearch

I think things get a lot better after high school. I think the ones that struggle during that time tend to have better experiences after.

Molly Shannon

TimeStruggleSchoolThinkBetter

The debt they ran up in the first year of the Obama administration is bigger than the last four years of the Bush combined.

Mitch McConnell

YearDebtFirstYearsUpBigger

I'd love for people to accept me just as me, but I know that I generate a strong response; I always have - my name, my looks, my size.

Cheyenne Jackson

LovePeopleMeStrongNameLooks

All the traditional models for doing things are collapsing; from music to publishing to film, and it's a wide open door for people who are creative to do what they need to do without having institutions block their art.

Ava DuVernay

MusicArtCreativePeopleDoorNeed

I always showed myself in the face of day, asserting the liberty and independence of my country, while some others, like owls, courted concealment and were too much afraid of losing their roosts to leave them for such a cause.

William Wallace

MyselfDayLosingFaceIndependence

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