Paul Rusesabagina
Paul Rusesabagina
Paul Rusesabaginais a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a hotel manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, Rwanda, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the interahamwe militia during the Rwandan Genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks...
eating people
If people see this footage, they'll say, 'Oh my God, that's terrible,' and they'll go on eating their dinners,
five minutes people
For five minutes I was speechless, ... Then I told them that I didn't know how to use this gun, but even if I did I wouldn't kill these people
hotel manager paul remain
I am nothing special. Paul was a hotel manager. He will remain a hotel manager to the end.
ignored ignoring needed rwanda
The world ignored Rwanda when we really needed it. Unfortunately, even now the world is still ignoring us.
coming far negotiate
I said, 'I'm not coming with you, because so far I'm the only person who can negotiate with the killers,
hear learned words
The most abusive words that I hear are 'never again,' ... Have we learned from history? I do not know.
breathing long complicated
Our days are so few, our existences so complicated. As long as we're breathing we shouldn't further complicate our lives.
jobs block sea
Our time here on the earth is short, and our chance to make a difference is tiny. For me the grinding blocks of history came together in such a way that I was able to take what fragile defense I had and hold in place for seventy-six days. If I was able to give much it was only because I had some useful things from my life to give. I am a hotel manager...my job never changed, even in a sea of fire.
blessed men thinking
I think I'm a happy man, and I'm a blessed man. I have been able to adjust to any situation, whatever it was, in my life.
play want fields
If we want to change things, we must first change ourselves. If we want to play -- if we want to change the world -- we must first show up on the field to score.
giving-up lessons reason
History never seems to teach us any lessons. But that is no reason to give up.
powerful people way
We are all born with a powerful herd instinct and it can force otherwise rational people to act in inexplicable ways.
common-decency stubborn weapons
This is why I say that the individual's most potent weapon is a stubborn belief in the triumph of common decency.
jobs independent self
Everybody was willing to give me a job. But I wanted to do something different. I saw myself as an independent person, self-employed.