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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.
Malala Yousafzai
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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.
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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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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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read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.
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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 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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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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My family and I are heartbroken after hearing the news that more than 100 innocent children and teachers have lost their lives...
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My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.
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We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced
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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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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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We should not wait for someone else to come and raise our voice. We should do it by ourselves. We should believe in ourselves. One day you will see that all the girls will be powerful All the girls will be going to school. And it is possible only by our struggle only when we raise our voice.
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If people were silent, nothing would change.
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You know, my father was a great encouragement for me because he spoke out for women's rights, he spoke out for girl's education. And at that time I said that why should I wait for someone else, why should I be looking to the government, to the army that they would help us? Why don't I raise my voice, why don't we speak up for our rights?
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The best way to fight terrorism is to do it through a peaceful way. I believe that a war can never be ended by a war.
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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 thought that words and books and pens were more powerful than guns.
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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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