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When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live.

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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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The best way to fight terrorism is to do it through a peaceful way. I believe that a war can never be ended by a war.
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It is not time to tell the leaders to realize how important education is - they already know it - their own children are in good schools. Now it is time to call them to take action.
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You know, my father was a great encouragement for me because he spoke out for women's rights, he spoke out for girl's education. And at that time I said that why should I wait for someone else, why should I be looking to the government, to the army that they would help us? Why don't I raise my voice, why don't we speak up for our rights?
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There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.
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Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.
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There was a time when women activists asked men to stand up for their rights. But this time we will do it by ourselves. I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women’s rights, but I am focusing on women to be independent and fight for themselves.
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If you hit a Talib, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty. You must fight others through peace and through dialogue and through education.
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Books are a better investment in our future than bullets. Books, not bullets, will pave the path towards peace and prosperity.
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I want education for the sons and daughters of the Taliban and all the terrorists and extremists. I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he was standing in front of me, I would not shoot him. This is the compassion I have learned from Mohamed, the prophet of mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha.
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I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. It is the story of many girls.
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Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.
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I don't want awards, I want my daughter. I wouldn't exchange a single eyelash of my daughter for the whole world.
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Every girl deserves to take part in creating the technology that will change our world and change who runs it.
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I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move.
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The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.
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So today, we call upon the world leaders to change their strategic policies in favor of peace and prosperity. We call upon the world leaders that all of these deals must protect women and children’s rights. A deal that goes against the rights of women is unacceptable.
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We cannot succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential.
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Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights.
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I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life.
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Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.
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