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Instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.
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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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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 have the right of education. I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to market. I have the right to speak up.
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Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.
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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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read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.
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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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Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.
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And if we want to achieve our goal, then let us empower ourselves with the weapon of knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness.
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When someone takes away your pens you realise quite how important education is.
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When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live.
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Peace in every home, every street, every village, every country - this is my dream. Education for every boy and every girl in the world. To sit down on a chair and read my books with all my friends at school is my right. To see each and every human being with a smile of happiness is my wish.
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As we crossed the Malakand Pass I saw a young girl selling oranges. She was scratching marks on a piece of paper with a pencil to account for the oranges she had sold, as she could not read or write. I took a photo of her and vowed I would do everything in my power to help educate girls just like her. This was the war I was going to fight.
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Let us pick up our books and pencils. They are our most powerful weapon.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.
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