I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.


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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
INGRID BETANCOURT
The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
INGRID BETANCOURT
Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to b...
INGRID NEWKIRK
To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering.
INGRID NEWKIRK
Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match
INGRID BENGIS
Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight ...
INGRID NEWKIRK
Animals aren't any better equipped to survive an emergency than humans are. Few people missed th...
INGRID NEWKIRK
U.K. citizens fleeing the Middle East and Japan have been allowed to take their animal companions wi...
INGRID NEWKIRK
For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.
INGRID BENGIS
The thing is that war is the opposite of negotiation. It's when you cannot negotiate, when you c...
INGRID BETANCOURT
Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and l...
INGRID NEWKIRK
By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also ...
INGRID NEWKIRK
Elephants have the largest brains of any mammal on the face of the Earth. They are creative, altruis...
INGRID NEWKIRK
Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped chi...
INGRID NEWKIRK
The wonderful thing is that it's so incredibly easy to be kind.
INGRID NEWKIRK
Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are bot...
INGRID NEWKIRK
I called my party the Green Oxygen party because Colombians were choking.
INGRID BETANCOURT
During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there...
INGRID BETANCOURT
I never say no to an ice cream.
INGRID BETANCOURT
In a kidnapping, you leave behind a lot of your baggage, like arrogance and stubbornness.
INGRID BETANCOURT
As a Colombian, the only way I can relate to my country is through suffering. I hope that my childre...
INGRID BETANCOURT
The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the...
INGRID BENGIS
We all have prejudices to dispel: the need to get away from thinking that 'I' am important a...
INGRID NEWKIRK
The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the...
INGRID BENGIS
All of us in society are supposed to believe that cruelty to animals is wrong and that it is a good ...
INGRID NEWKIRK
Prison agrees with me. There's no hypocrisy here. Kill or be killed, and everybody knows it.
INGRID MAGNUSSEN
Fortified plant-based milks are delicious and contain all the calcium, protein, and vitamin D of dai...
INGRID NEWKIRK
Every time we consume meat, eggs or dairy foods, we contribute to ecological devastation and the was...
INGRID NEWKIRK
One of the big factors was one of the largest conventions in town is not in town. Those folks used t...
INGRID REISMAN
She has worn fur, so the innocent did not get hurt. It wasn't friendly fire.
INGRID NEWKIRK
We're asking kids to get hooked on kindness, not killing,
INGRID NEWKIRK
We keep our chops up and inspire each other. That is the best way to keep it up, by playing with peo...
INGRID JENSEN
Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured anima...
INGRID NEWKIRK
a great way to bring about animal liberation.
INGRID NEWKIRK