Bensouda Fatou Quotes & Sayings

Most food you drop is still perfectly edible. If it was in your eyesight the whole time, you can pick it up and eat it. — Mehmet Oz

I am an African and I am very proud of that. — Fatou Bensouda

We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims. — Fatou Bensouda

I am working for the victims of Africa, they are African like me. That's where I get my inspiration and my pride, — Fatou Bensouda

The thing about meditation is: you become more and more you. — David Lynch

There was a young man who said though, it seems that I know that I know, but what I would like to see is the I that knows me when I know that I know that I know. — Alan W. Watts

Sometimes acting and politics make a very bad combination. I think that sometimes people take me less seriously in my work for the UN because I am an actor. — Angelina Jolie

I do not think that it is right for me to start giving opinions about the human rights situation of any country, including Gambia, except when those crimes translate into the crimes that I have to investigate. — Fatou Bensouda

The two girls used to meet several times a day, and every time they met, Kitty's eyes said: "Who are you? What are you? Are you really the exquisite creature I imagine you to be? But for goodness' sake don't suppose," her eyes added, "that I would force my acquaintance on you, I simply admire you and like you."
"I like you too, and you're very, very sweet. And I should like you better still, if I had time," answered the eyes of the unknown girl. — Leo Tolstoy

Has the international criminal court avoided opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in Gaza due to political pressure. The answer is an unequivocal "no". As prosecutor of the ICC, I reject any suggestion of this in the strongest terms. — Fatou Bensouda

In the twilight of the morning, all life silently waits for the sunrise. Sun must rise for the darkness to sink! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

This power makes no attempt to discriminate between destructive thoughts and constructive thoughts, that it will urge us to translate into physical reality thoughts of poverty, just as quickly as it will influence us to act upon thoughts of riches. — Napoleon Hill

I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice. — Fatou Bensouda

Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people? — Desmond Tutu

Growing up, my imagined life as a musician was something along the lines of me lounging in a Learjet en route to a swelling outdoor amphitheatre on a dazzling summer's eve. — Kat Edmonson

What offends me the most when I hear criticisms about this so-called Africa bias is how quick we are to focus on the words and propaganda of a few powerful, influential individuals, and to forget about the millions of anonymous people who suffer from their crimes. — Fatou Bensouda

I think my track record speaks for myself ... I have been endorsed by the African Union, but I am a prosecutor for 121 states parties and this is what I intend to be until the end of my mandate. — Fatou Bensouda

When you are younger you tend to overtrain and you don't realize it because you're so high on adrenaline and stuff. — Andre Reed

I don't have any particular methodology, to tell you the truth. 'Silver Blue' took exactly the amount of time to write that it takes to sing it, and 'Prisoner in Disguise' took about a year and a half. So you just never know. — J. D. Souther

Somehow, the very errors and faults of one individual served to call out the higher excellencies in another, and so they re-acted upon each other, and the result of short discords was exceeding harmony and peace. — Elizabeth Gaskell

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered ... We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human. But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. — Elizabeth Edwards