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I don't want to be thought of as the 'girl who was shot by the Taliban' but the 'girl who fought for education. This is the cause to which I want to devote my life.

Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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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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My family and I are heartbroken after hearing the news that more than 100 innocent children and teachers have lost their lives...
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She explained that the bullet had entered through the side of my left eye where there was a scar, traveled eighteen inches down to my left shoulder and stopped there. It could have taken out my eye or gone into my brain. It was a miracle I was alive.
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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 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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When I look at my goal, my goal is peace.
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Let us pick up our books and pencils. They are our most powerful weapon.
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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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We like to put sacred texts in flowing waters, so I rolled it up, tied it to a piece of wood, placed a dandelion on top, and floated it in the stream which flows into the Swat River. Surely God would find it there.
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I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.
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I think everyone makes a mistake at least once in their life. The important thing is what you learn from it. That's why I have problems with our Pashtunwali code. We are supposed to take revenge for wrongs done to us, but where does that end? If a man in one family is killed or hurt by another man, revenge must be exacted to restore nang (honor).
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They only can shoot a body but they cannot shoot my dreams.
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I believe in the power of the voice of women.
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Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality.
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I truly believe the only way we can create global peace is through not only educating our minds, but our hearts and our souls.
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My goal is to get peace and my goal is to see education of every child.
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In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It's their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.
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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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You must fight others, but through peace, and through dialogue, and through education.
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