I have only one life, and I can't do all. If I do one thing well, I'm happy. Rithy Panh More Quotes by Rithy Panh More Quotes From Rithy Panh 'The Missing Picture' came together slowly, after much provocation and by refusing different forms, until I finally found the right form. Rithy Panh picturedifferentmissingtogether I left Cambodia when I was 12 or 13. I didn't really escape, but I needed to go away. Rithy Panh escapeawaygoleft Evil has always been there; it's always a part of us. Evil is no big surprise. But what about the people who gave freely, who stood up for human dignity? Even in the most extreme and terrible situations, these acts of dignity existed. And for me, that is the banality of good. Rithy Panh goodmeevilpeople Part of the Khmer Rouge project was not only to destroy individual people, but to destroy the very notion of the individual. I want to simply rebuild the stories of people - it's part of my fight against the Khmer Rouge agenda. Rithy Panh projectfightwantpeople I have never been political in a partisan sense. Rithy Panh sensebeenneverpolitical We must be capable of writing our own history. Rithy Panh owncapablewritinghistory I didn't survive because I was stronger than others. I survived because my family and friends helped me to survive. They took my place. My job is to give them back their dignity, tell their story, and say their names. Rithy Panh jobmefriendsfamily
