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My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.

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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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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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I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right.
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In Islam, it is not just your right, but your responsibility to get education.
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Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?
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The best way to fight terrorism is to invest in education. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.
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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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You must fight others, but through peace, and through dialogue, and through education.
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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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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 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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We felt like the Taliban saw us as little dolls to control, telling us what to do and how to dress. I thought if God wanted us to be like that He wouldn't have made us all different.
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It gives a message to people of love... it does not matter what's the colour of your skin, what language do you speak, what religion do you believe in. It is that we should all consider each other as human beings and we should respect each other.
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I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights. Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated.
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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 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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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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Education is the only solution. Education first.
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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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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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