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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.

Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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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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Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it.
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Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality.
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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 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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You must fight others, but through peace, and through dialogue, and through education.
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In many parts of the world, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrorism, war and conflict stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering.
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Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.
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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 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 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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read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.
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Pakistanis can't trust. They've seen in history that people, particularly politicians, are corrupt. And they're misguided by people in the name of Islam. They're told: 'Malala is not a Muslim, she's not in purdah, she's working for America.
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If people were silent, nothing would change.
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They only can shoot a body but they cannot shoot my dreams.
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They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.
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