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I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life.

Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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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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The best way to fight terrorism is to invest in education. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.
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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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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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Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it.
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You must fight others, but through peace, and through dialogue, and through education.
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Education is the only solution. Education first.
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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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In Islam, it is not just your right, but your responsibility to get education.
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Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself.
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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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We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced
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My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.
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Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.
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I don't know why people have divided the whole world into two groups, west and east. Education is neither eastern nor western. Education is education and it's the right of every human being.
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If we want to end terrorism we need to bring quality education so we defeat the mindset of terrorism mentality and of hatred.
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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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There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.
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I am proud to be a girl, and I know that girls can change the world.
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