The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking.

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

- Malala Yousafzai

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""We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.""

- Malala Yousafzai

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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."

- Malala Yousafzai

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"One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world."

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"I want every girl to know that her voice can change the world."

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"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

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"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

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"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."

- Michael Lopp

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"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

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"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."

- Pete Cashmore

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