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We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.

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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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In Islam, it is not just your right, but your responsibility to get education.
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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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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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They only can shoot a body but they cannot shoot my dreams.
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I had two options. One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed. I chose the second one. I decided to speak up.
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The best way to fight terrorism is not through guns. It's through pens, books, teachers and schools.
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Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.
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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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They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.
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When someone takes away your pens you realise quite how important education is.
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For my brothers it was easy to think about the future. They can be anything they want. But for me it was hard and for that reason I wanted to become educated and empower myself with knowledge.
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Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.
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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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We are stronger than those who oppress us, who seek to silence us. We are stronger than the enemies of education. We are stronger than fear, hatred, violence and poverty.
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There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems, it's just one and it's education. You educate all the girls and boys. You give them the opportunity to learn.
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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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I am not against anyone. Neither am I here to speak in terms of personal revenge against the Taliban or any other terrorist group. I am here to speak for the right of education for every child. I want education for the sons and daughters of the Taliban and all the terrorists and extremists.
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Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.
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If we want to end terrorism we need to bring quality education so we defeat the mindset of terrorism mentality and of hatred.
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I want world leaders to choose books over bullets...We can afford to give every girl 12 years of free education. It is absolutely in our power, and when we do, we will realize a whole new world of possibility.
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