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"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."
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"The important thing to remember, ... is that you are a human being and worthy of respect."

"Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone."

"Some people respect some people only because some people respect them."

"Popularity does not equal respect. It is not only kids who will do what they think they must to fit in and be popular-adults do it too."

"Why do people respect the package rather than the man?"

"Pretty?' I said, swivelling in the driver's seat to face him, 'you want to ask me out because I'm pretty?' 'Is there a problem with asking you out because you're pretty?' 'I think you blew it,' said Tiger with a grin. 'You should be asking her out because she's smart, witty, mature beyond her years and every moment in her company makes you want to be a better person - pretty of face should be at the bottom of the list.' 'Oh, blast,' said Perkins despondently. 'It should, shouldn't it?"

"Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not."

"A man who goes into a restaurant and blatantly disrespects the servers shows a strong discontent with his own being. Deep down he knows that restaurant service is the closest thing he will ever experience to being served like a king."
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"All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one."

"THough we loved school, we hadn't realized how important education was until the Taliban tried to stop us."

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

"I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid - if you are afraid, you can't move forward."

"His sisters -- my aunts -- did not go to school at all, just like millions of girls in my country. Education had been a great gift for him. He believed that lack of education was the root of all of Pakistan's problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected. He believed schooling should be available for all, rich and poor, boys and girls. The school that my father dreamed of would have desks and a library, computers, bright posters on the walls and, most important, washrooms."
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