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I am not here to speak against the Taliban. I'm here to speak up for the right of every child.

Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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Education is the only solution. Education first.
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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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Let us become the first generation to decide to be the last that sees empty classrooms, lost childhoods and wasted potential
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Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow. Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.
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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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They only can shoot a body but they cannot shoot my dreams.
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You must fight others, but through peace, and through dialogue, and through education.
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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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I am proud to be a girl, and I know that girls can change the world.
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Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?
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Instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.
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We are human beings, and this is the part of our human nature, that we don't learn the importance of anything until it's snatched from our hands.
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I believe in the power of the voice of women.
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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 told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid — if you are afraid, you can't move forward.
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