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" But what I really believe is education is a key to pretty much everything - prosperity, economics, peace, stability. "
Education
Believe
Peace
" I decided in '96 to dedicate my life to mostly promoting literacy and education for girls in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. "
Life
Education
Literacy
" If you look at the 9/11 highjackers, certainly they were educated, some even had university degrees, but nobody really checked their mothers, who were nearly all illiterate. "
University
Educated
Look
" In 'Three Cups of Tea' I was fairly critical of the military. And I mentioned that they're laptop warriors and there's no boots on the ground. But I can say now that they've gone through a tremendous learning curve. "
Tea
Learning
Say
" I say if you fight terrorism, it's based in fear, but if you promote peace, it's based on hope. "
Fight
You
Hope
" I used to climb mountains a lot; I decided to go to Pakistan to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain. I didn't get quite to the top. "
Mountains
Climb
Top
" Liberals, conservatives, Muslims, Jews, Christians, and I find - I think education is something that can bring us together. "
Together
Think
Find
" My father ended up starting the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, which is on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. My mother started a school. "
Father
Medical
Mother
" Once I started the first school, I realized this is what my life is meant to be, is to promote education and help kids go to school, and that's very clear. "
Help
Education
School
" One thing that I noticed is having met some former Taliban is even they, as children, grew up being indoctrinated. They grew up in violence. They grew up in war. They were taught to hate. They were, they grew up in very ignorant cultures where they didn't learn about the outside world. "
Violence
World
War
" Really, what education does is it gives opportunity, but it also gives hope. "
Hope
Opportunity
Education
" The Pathan people of Waziristan are proud people who I greatly admire. "
People
Greatly
Admire
" Yes, I first visited Korphe village, Braldu valley, Baltistan, Pakistan, after failing to summit K2 in 1993, and met Haji Ali, a long time dear mentor and friend. My second visit to Korphe was in 1994. "
Mentor
Long
Time
" Yes, I was detained for eight days in Waziristan in 1996. It was against my will, and my passport and money were taken from me. I was not mistreated or harmed, but I was also not allowed to leave. "
Money
Will
Yes
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