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read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.

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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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Peace in every home, every street, every village, every country - this is my dream. Education for every boy and every girl in the world. To sit down on a chair and read my books with all my friends at school is my right. To see each and every human being with a smile of happiness is my wish.
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Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don't think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, and gives birth to their children.
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When someone takes away your pens you realise quite how important education is.
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I thought that words and books and pens were more powerful than guns.
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Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself.
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Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality.
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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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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I want every girl, every child, to be educated.
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I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.
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In Islam, it is not just your right, but your responsibility to get education.
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I have the right of education. I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to market. I have the right to speak up.
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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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Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?
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