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When someone takes away your pens you realise quite how important education is.

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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.
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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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They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.
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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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In Islam, it is not just your right, but your responsibility to get education.
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Books are a better investment in our future than bullets. Books, not bullets, will pave the path towards peace and prosperity.
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Instead of sending guns, send books. 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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It is not time to tell the leaders to realize how important education is - they already know it - their own children are in good schools. Now it is time to call them to take action.
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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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I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.
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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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Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.
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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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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights.
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You must fight others, but through peace, and through dialogue, and through education.
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They only can shoot a body but they cannot shoot my dreams.
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I believe in the power of the voice of women.
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Pakistan is a peace loving, democratic country. Pashtuns want education for their daughters and sons. Islam is a religion of peace, humanity and brotherhood.
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