"Before I was abducted, I think that happiness was related to success. Nowadays happiness is related, for me, to rest, peace, serenity."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Ingrid Betancourt

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“Gourmandism is an act of judgment, by which we prefer things which have a pleasant taste to those which lack this quality.”
“I think a lot of women have too many mini skirts in their closets.”
“A professional model is like a stuffed owl. These girls are alive.”
“Beauty is momentary in the mind -- The fitful tracing of a portal; But in the flesh it is immortal. The body dies; the body's beauty lives. So evenings die, in their green going, A wave, interminably flowing.”
“What we're going for, in those humorous moments, is the absurdity of it all. The craziness of the night manager offering them an umbrella in the height of what is a horrible disaster was like, "What?!" That's Andy Greenfield, and he nailed the audition. He's the sweetest guy in the world, as is often the case with those guys, but on camera, he's so creepy that a lot of us kept saying, "You know, Andy, don't look at us like that anymore, okay? You're scaring us."”
“Again rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep'd in the morning dews.”
“If a thought or an action does not feel right, it is a caution flag from the soul.”
“When a country is at war or in economic depression, underdevelopment or tightened security, it sets an affective tone or mood, which seeps through into everyday life via all kinds of channels.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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