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" It gets quite difficult for me when I listen to pop music. I don't often understand the words, but when someone translates them to me, I think, 'What is this song representing? That women are just there to be treated like objects?' "

Malala Yousafzai

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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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" There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did. "

" I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated. "

" It's an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal. "

" The real Malala is gone somewhere, and I can't find her. "

" I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move... We have seen the barbaric situation of the 21st century in Swat. So why should I be afraid now? "

" The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue. "

" In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don't do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi, a Pakistani, or an Iranian, they do it because of one's words and character. This is why I am being respected and supported there. "

" When God created man and woman, he was thinking, 'Who shall I give the power to, to give birth to the next human being?' And God chose woman. And this is the big evidence that women are powerful. "

" Some parents do not send their children to school because they don't know its importance at all. "

" If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home. "

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" I will only miss school for an engagement if it is going to bring real change. "

" I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other. "

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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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Knowledge

Future

" A doctor can only treat patients. A doctor can only help the people who are shot or who are injured. But a politician can stop people from injuries. A politician can take a step so that no person is scared tomorrow. "

" In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife. "

" I was a girl in a land where rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain, their role in life simply to prepare food and give birth to children. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.' "

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" I need to complete my homework on time. "

" Even we schoolchildren know that ordinary diplomats don't drive around in unmarked cars carrying Glock pistols. "

" I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world. "

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" Outside of my home, I look like a very obedient, very serious, very good kind of girl, but nobody knows what happens inside the house. "

" We should all consider each other as human beings, and we should respect each other. "