"For me the very important thing was never to forget that they had no right to have me there, that my duty was to escape and that I needed to get back to my family and to my children no matter what. And that I could not accept to just see them as an authority, that I had to always keep in mind that I had to rebel and to keep my distance and to protect my soul because the core of the problem is dignity."

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Source : Source: bigthink.com

Ingrid Betancourt

#Children Quotes #Distance Quotes #Soul Quotes

“If we keep pulling death from the ground, we will reap death from the skies.”
“Advertising is prima facie evidence that the man who pays believes that advertising is good. It has brought great results to others, it must be good for him. So he takes it like some secret tonic which others have endorsed. If the business thrives, the tonic gets the credit. Otherwise, the failure is due to fate.”
“There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But alwaysâ€” do not forget this, Winstonâ€” always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human faceâ€” forever.”
“There are two things you will never be without: One is your reputation and the other is your credit rating.”
“People in suburbia see trees differently than foresters do. They cherish every one. It is useless to speak of the probability that a certain tree will die when the tree is in someone's backyard . . . . You are talking about a personal asset, a friend, a monument, not about board feet of lumber.”

Source : Roger B. Swain (1983). “Field days: journal of an itinerant biologist”, Macmillan Reference USA
“It doesn't matter what kind of problems a family is having; it should always stay in the family.”
“When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.”

Source : "You Were Made For This" by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, www.awakin.org. January 28, 2008.
“I like clothes that are easy to wear. I like to be comfortable and confident.”

Source : "Style & Substance: Amy Carlson". Interview with Farrah Weinstein, nypost.com. November 11, 2001.

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