"As I tell people about genocide, I get the opportunity to redeem myself. Iâ€™ve had the chance to do something thatâ€™s worth me being alive... The more I tell people, the less the nightmares haunt me."

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Source : Loung Ung (2012). “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers”, Random House

Loung Ung

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“There was this very deliberate move to just overlay an American reality in Iraq. I've never actually seen the map, but apparently Americans thought the names of places were just too complicated so they got decent maps of Baghdad and just renamed everything with familiar names. This neighborhood would be Hollywood, that neighborhood would be Manhattan, and that one's Madison, you're going to drive down Oak and take a left on Main Street.”

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“Ultimately there is light and love and intelligence in this universe. And we are it, we carry that within us, itâ€™s not just something out there, it is within us and this is what we are trying to re-connect with, our original light and love and intelligence, which is who we are, so do not get so distracted by all this other stuff, you know, really remember what we are here on this planet for.”
“But, though French, she was also very brave...”
“Neighbours: the strangers who live next door.”
“Being with my family and loved ones makes me feel vulnerable. Speaking my truth and then being that in action. Leaving my comfort zone but knowing that risk is going to create something beautiful. I believe I have come to good terms with my vulnerability. I welcome it now, where I didn't in the past.”
“I'm convinced that theatre is a horrible business. Make this the headline. You have to be on the spot every night as an actor. You are damn lonesome standing out there.”
“Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Nope, I don't enjoy work generally. Not because I'm lazy; it's just all so stressful and worrying.”

Source : "Fears of a clown". Interview with Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. March 30, 2003.

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