Rithy Panh Quotes

There is no book-learning culture in Cambodia. People do not read. The children do not read in school. Educators must come up with a policy that meets the great need for knowledge: using modern audiovisual methods that the young can connect with.

Rithy Panh

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: April 18, 1964

Topics

KnowledgeChildrenGreatCultureUp

I like to remember phone numbers because it keeps your brain active. If you don't use it, you lose it.

Joan Collins

BrainRememberYouLosePhoneYour

I never set fire to a piano. I'd like to have got away with it, though. I pushed a couple of them in the river. They wasn't any good.

Jerry Lee Lewis

GoodFireRiverNeverPianoAway

I don't really shop unless it's thrift.

Jeremy Scott

ThriftReallyUnlessShop

Perhaps America works like this: Presidencies swing, as reactions to each other, like a pendulum. My optimistic belief is it is how we keep our country in balance.

Andy Dunn

BalanceAmericaCountrySwingBelief

I've become 40, my audience is partly the same age.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

AgeBecomeSameAudienceSame Age

I tend to be very private. It's easier for me. When you're acting, you're very susceptible to comments that somebody makes, so if they know something is going to happen on the show, and they say something, it can actually throw you off. So I tend to not share things with anybody.

Tom Noonan

MeYouActingKnowSayThey Say

I've come to learn that you can be very, very talented, but if you're not at the right place at the right time... It's a lot of luck.

Tom Guiry

TimeLuckLearnYouPlaceRight

Many thrillers follow such reliable formulas that you can look at what's happening and guess how much longer a film has to run.

Roger Ebert

YouLookRunFollowReliableFilm

Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.

Mary Cheney

LifeParentsMeBetterFeelSeeing

I actually sat down and started three Alexanders at the same time. Two of them went in the trash and got stomped on because I hated the idea so much. And the one I came up with, I got very excited by. And that's 'Alexander, Who's Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever'.

Judith Viorst

TimeBestTryingDownThreeTrash

Everyone desires relationships and community. Most people want to belong to a cohesive, like-minded group. It staves off loneliness. It promotes identity. These are natural and very human instincts.

Joshua Ferris

CommunityLonelinessIdentityPeople

Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That takes 3 or 4 years. Then you are a journeyman. You can go from one master to another and learn other tricks and other secrets.

Josef Albers

WorkLearnYouSecretsGoCraft

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