Malala Yousafzai Quotes
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I say I am stronger than fear.
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The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.
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I don't know what would I do in future; I'll decide it later.
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Girls are going to school again in Swat Valley. And that is great.
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I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.
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I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right.
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I know now that what countries do at summits has the power to help girls in Pakistan, Nigeria or Afghanistan.
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You cannot rely on other people's support.
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I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women's rights; rather, I am focusing on women to be independent to fight for themselves.
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I am a daughter. My father is an example for me.
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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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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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I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me, I would not shoot him.
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We must tell girls their voices are important.
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At night when I used to sleep, I was thinking all the time that shall I put a knife under my pillow.
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In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It's their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.
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It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger.
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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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Birmingham is very special for me because it is here that I found myself alive, seven days after I was shot... It is now my second home, after my beloved Pakistan.
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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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Islam tells us every girl and boy should be educated. I don't know why the Taliban have forgotten it.
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We need to increase education budgets.
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Sometimes people like to ask me why should girls go to school, why is it important for them. But I think the more important question is why shouldn't they, why shouldn't they have this right to go to school.
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Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful.