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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.

Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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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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Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.
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They only can shoot a body but they cannot shoot my dreams.
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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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Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality.
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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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A girl has the power to go forward in her life. And she's not only a mother, she's not only a sister, she's not only a wife. But a girl has the - she should have an identity. She should be recognized and she has equal rights as a boy.
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I am proud to be a girl, and I know that girls can change the world.
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I thought that words and books and pens were more powerful than guns.
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Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.
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We cannot succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential.
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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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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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The best way to fight terrorism is not through guns. It's through pens, books, teachers and schools.
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My goal is to get peace and my goal is to see education of every child.
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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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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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The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions. But nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.
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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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