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"I want to become the prime minister of Pakistan. [I used to dream of being a doctor, but] through politics I can serve my whole country, become doctor of the whole country, help children get education, help them go to school, improve the quality of education. ...They can only shoot a body, they cannot shoot my dreams. They shot me because they wanted to tell me that, 'We want to kill you and to stop you campaigning,' but they did the biggest mistake: They inured me, and they told me, through that attack, that even death is supporting me—even death does not want to kill me. ...This cause is never going to die. A day will come when every child, girl or boy, black or white, Christian and Muslim, he or she will be going to school."—Malala Yousafzai, on her plans for the future.
All the blubs in the world. What a truly extraordinary young woman.
And what an amazing quote for International Day of the Girl 2013: Innovating for Girls' Education.
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