Malala Yousafzai Quotes
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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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I want to have fun, but I don't quite know how.
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I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.
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And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.
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Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness.
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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 were born.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.
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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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I cannot believe how much love people have shown me.
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In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl.
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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... By giving me this height to reach people, he has also given me great responsibilities.
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Any talk of me engaging in a conspiracy against Pakistan is completely baseless.
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Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up.
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I want to serve the people.
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There's no place like home. And I do miss my home.
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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If you kill someone, it shows that you are afraid of that person.
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Education is neither eastern nor western.
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I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.
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We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.
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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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My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'
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I believe it's a woman's right to decide what she wants to wear and if a woman can go to the beach and wear nothing, then why can't she also wear everything?