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Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai

(1997–) · Pakistani Activist

Pakistani female education activist, film and television producer, and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17.

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?
I might be afraid of ghosts and like dragons and those things, but I'm not afraid of the Taliban.
On the day when I was shot, and on the next day, people raised the banners of 'I am Malala'. They did not say 'I am Taliban.'
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.
Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
I only get angry at my brothers and at my father.
I thanked President Obama for the United States' work in supporting education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees.
It's an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal.
If you kill someone, it shows that you are afraid of that person.
I know now that what countries do at summits has the power to help girls in Pakistan, Nigeria or Afghanistan.

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