Aung San Suu Kyi
Birthday: June 19, 1945 in Rangoon, Burma
Aung San Suu Kyi was born on June 19, 1945 in Rangoon, Burma. She is known for Rangoon (1995), Burma: A Human Tragedy (2011) and They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain (2012). She was previously ma ...Show More
[on her father, Aung San, former Burmese nationalist leader who is known as the father of modern Bur Show more
[on her father, Aung San, former Burmese nationalist leader who is known as the father of modern Burma:] "It was only when I grew older and started collecting material on his life and achievements that I began to learn what he had really been like and how much he had managed to achieve in his thirty-two years. Not only did I then conceive an admiration for him as a patriot and statesman but I developed a strong sense of empathy as I discovered many similarities in our attitudes. It is perhaps because of this strong bond that I came to feel such a deep sense of responsibility for the welfare of my country." Hide
We should not depend on U.S. sanctions to keep up the momentum for democracy.
We should not depend on U.S. sanctions to keep up the momentum for democracy.
On personal power: If you give in to intimidation, you'll go on being intimidated.
On personal power: If you give in to intimidation, you'll go on being intimidated.
On success: At the root of human responsibility is the concept of perfection, the urge to achieve it Show more
On success: At the root of human responsibility is the concept of perfection, the urge to achieve it, the intelligence to find a path towards it, and the will to follow the path, if not to the end at least the distance needed to rise above the individual limitations and environmental impediments. Hide
Aung San Suu Kyi's FILMOGRAPHY
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