"Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward."
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"For my brothers it was easy to think about the future. They can be anything they want. But for me it was hard and for that reason I wanted to become educated and empower myself with knowledge."
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"I am proud to be a girl, and I know that girls can change the 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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"They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed."
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"I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life."
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"Education had been a great gift for him [Ziauddin]. He believed that lack of education was the root of all the Pakistan's problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be reelected. He believed schooling should be available for all, rich and poor, boys and girls."
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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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"Books are a better investment in our future than bullets. Books, not bullets, will pave the path towards peace and prosperity."
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"Education is the only solution. Education first."
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"When we imagine the power of all our sisters standing together on the shoulders of a quality education - our joy knows no bounds."
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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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"We human beings don't realize how great God is. He has given us an extraordinary brain and a sensitive loving heart. He has blessed us with two lips to talk and express our feelings, two eyes which see a world of colors and beauty, two feet which walk on the road of life, two hands to work for us, a nose which smells the beauty of fragrance, and two ears to hear the words of love."
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"I want to serve. I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated."
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"Education is the power terrorists fear most."
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"Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons."
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"They will not stop me, I will get my education, if it is in home, school or any place"
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"If you hit a Talib, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty. You must fight others through peace and through dialogue and through education."
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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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"Why is it that countries which we call strong are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard?"
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