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“Mildred adjusted the papers and scribbled some more. When she was finished, she took off her glasses, leaving them to swing from the chain around her neck. She gave the women around the table a pointed look. “Now think hard, ladies, can you come up with anything else?”
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“People, in general, would rather die than forgive. It's that hard.”
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“Nothing is ever lost in following one’s own dharma, but competition in another’s dharma breeds fear and insecurity.”
― The Bhagavad Gita
― The Bhagavad Gita
“Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery -- it recharges by running.”
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“El diario de Gul Makai despertó interés incluso lejos de casa. Algunos periódicos reprodujeron extractos. La BBC incluso hizo una grabación con la voz de otra niña y empecé a ver que el bolígrafo y las palabras pueden ser mucho
más poderosos que las ametralladoras, los tanques o los helicópteros. Estábamos aprendiendo a luchar. Y estábamos aprendiendo lo poderosos que somos cuando hablamos.”
― I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
más poderosos que las ametralladoras, los tanques o los helicópteros. Estábamos aprendiendo a luchar. Y estábamos aprendiendo lo poderosos que somos cuando hablamos.”
― I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
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