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Colombian - Politician Born: December 25, 1961

The relationship with time changes when you're captive.

Ingrid Betancourt

Relationship Time You Time 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 Acting 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

Me Faith Understand Jungle

I am not irresponsible.

Ingrid Betancourt

I Am Irresponsible Am

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

I don't want to be submerged by depression.

Ingrid Betancourt

Depression Want Submerged

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

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

You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'

Ingrid Betancourt

Fear You Your Say

I never say no to an ice cream.

Ingrid Betancourt

Never Ice Cream Say Ice Cream

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

Ingrid Betancourt

You Yourself Stop Need

You are a free woman, and then you become a prisoner, and you receive all kinds of orders. Sit here, stand there. That's it. You just, you don't have the possibility of even moving to take your bag without asking for permission.

Ingrid Betancourt

You Woman Bag Free

I lived for nearly seven years with the awareness that death was my everyday companion.

Ingrid Betancourt

Death Awareness Years Companion

I called my party the Green Oxygen party because Colombians were choking.

Ingrid Betancourt

Green Party Oxygen Because

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

Ingrid Betancourt

Attitude Hate Political Always

I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.

Ingrid Betancourt

President Continue Serve Colombia

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

Ingrid Betancourt

Want Number Object

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

Ingrid Betancourt

Easy Things Talk About

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

Ingrid Betancourt

Peace Soul Forget My Soul

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 Fate Down Your

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

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

Ingrid Betancourt

I Am Process More Survivor

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

Ingrid Betancourt

You Arrogance Behind Your

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

Ingrid Betancourt

Family Heart Home You

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