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Colombian - Politician Born: December 25, 1961

The relationship with time changes when you're captive.

Ingrid Betancourt

Relationship Time You Changes

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.

Ingrid Betancourt

Life Way Your Details

In the jungle, faith also became something very real; it helped me to understand what was happening to me and changed my questions.

Ingrid Betancourt

Faith Me Jungle Understand

We're humans. Why always turn human attitude into political behaviours? I hate that.

Ingrid Betancourt

Attitude Hate Political Always

You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.

Ingrid Betancourt

Yourself You Stop Need

The only thing I've settled in my mind is that I want to forgive, and forgiveness comes with forgetting.

Ingrid Betancourt

Forgiveness Mind Want Forgive

We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity; it's inevitable.

Ingrid Betancourt

Peace Justice Will Accept

I have to forget in order to find peace in my soul and be able to forgive.

Ingrid Betancourt

Peace Soul My Soul Forget

I carry the voices of all my family within me, and they were with me there in the jungle.

Ingrid Betancourt

Family Me Jungle Carry

In Colombia, women are a huge factor for reconciliation. I have seen many strong women advocating for negotiations. I remember when the paramilitary were active, there were women close to the paramilitary asking for negotiations.

Ingrid Betancourt

Women Strong Remember Seen

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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.

Ingrid Betancourt

Smile Love Hope Me

In a kidnapping, you leave behind a lot of your baggage, like arrogance and stubbornness.

Ingrid Betancourt

You Arrogance Your Behind

I never say no to an ice cream.

Ingrid Betancourt

Ice Cream Never Say Ice Cream

At first, I didn't want to accept that I had been abducted. I kept thinking, 'Next week, I'll be freed.'

Ingrid Betancourt

Thinking Want Accept Week

Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.

Ingrid Betancourt

Peace Problems Process Complicated

I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.

Ingrid Betancourt

Colombia Serve President Aspire

More than a victim, I am a survivor of a dehumanization process.

Ingrid Betancourt

I Am Process More Survivor

These years after my liberation were years of reconstruction, and I think I made the right decisions... I mean, I lost everything: my life; my father died; I didn't know anything about my children.

Ingrid Betancourt

Life Father Children My Life

I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.

Ingrid Betancourt

Want Number Object

I don't want to be submerged by depression.

Ingrid Betancourt

Depression Want Submerged

It's not easy to talk about things that are still hurting.

Ingrid Betancourt

Easy Things Talk About

I love Colombia's military. I love my country.

Ingrid Betancourt

Love Country Military Colombia

I continue with the illusion of serving Colombia. Only God knows if it were to be from the presidency.

Ingrid Betancourt

God Illusion Only Serving

When you have a chain around your neck, you have to keep your head down and try to accept your fate without succumbing entirely to humiliation, without forgetting who you are.

Ingrid Betancourt

You Down Your Fate

During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.

Ingrid Betancourt

Family Me Political Want

France is my home; you are my family. I am carrying all of you in my heart.

Ingrid Betancourt

Family I Am Heart You

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