Dith Pran quotes
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“Together we can prevent genocide from happening again. Together we can make a better future for our children.”
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“I see ... a pile of skulls and bones. For the first time since my arrival, what I see before me is too painful, and I break down completely. These are my relatives, friends and neighbors, I keep thinking ... It is a long time before I am calm again. And then I am able, with my bare hands, to rearrange the skulls and bones so that they are not scattered about.”
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“I want to save lives, including my own, but Cambodians believe we just rent this body. It is just a house for the spirit, and if the house is full of termites, it is time to leave.”
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“I don't consider myself a politician or a hero. I'm a messenger. If Cambodia is to survive, she needs many voices.”
-- Dith PranSource : "Hero of the Cambodian 'Killing Fields', Dith Pran, dies of cancer at 65", www.dailymail.co.uk. March 31, 2008.
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“Part of my life is saving life.”
-- Dith PranSource : "Hero of the Cambodian 'Killing Fields', Dith Pran, dies of cancer at 65", www.dailymail.co.uk. March 31, 2008.
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“Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.”
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Source : "Once upon a life" by A. N. Wilson, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2011.
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Source : A.C. Grayling (2012). “Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness”, p.12, Oberon Books
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Source : Abolqasem Ferdowsi (2016). “Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings”, p.87, Penguin
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