Achievements
- M.R. Kukrit founded the Progress Party, the first political party in Thailand in 1945-1946.
- Appeared on screen with Marlon Brando in the movie The Ugly American (1963), in which he played Prime Minister Kwen Sai and spoke both Thai and English.
- Established diplomatic ties with China in 1975.
- Named National Artist in Literature 1985.
- Received the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 1990.
- Founded the Khon Thammasat Troupe at Thammasat University, Khon being the highest form of dance drama in Thai classical dramatic arts.
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“Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements, and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end result of a clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of decline and decay.”
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