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" When we pray to Buddha, we are not praying to a piece of stone, an image of Buddha, but we pray to the soul of Buddha behind the piece of stone. The souls of the people who are dead now are still with us. "

Rithy Panh

Soul

People

Stone

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Rithy Panh

Away

Escape

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Rithy Panh

Forget

Think

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Rithy Panh

Filmmaker

Obvious

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Pain

Down

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Rithy Panh

Transform

Way

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