I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.

Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

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

Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.

With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.

Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it.

I had 2 choices, be silent and get killed, or speak up and be killed, I chose the second option.

Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality.

We must believe in the power and strength of our words. Our words can change the world.

And if we want to achieve our goal, then let us empower ourselves with the weapon of knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness.

Burdens of life become lighter when your heart is filled with love and we learn to forgive and forget with profound kindness.

So I won an Oscar. It's amazing. I've got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. That's it, moving on.

Being in love is dangerous because you talk yourself into thinking you've never had it so good.

In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows.

When you wish to subjugate a people, you have to convince them of their own inherent weakness.

All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.

I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past.

Both my parents are chefs I grew up in a restaurant and was always surrounded by cooks. I love food.

Guilt is a gift from Allah warning you that what you are doing is violating your soul

The president wants more tax money in Washington. I want more money left in the communities, particularly poor communities, particularly communities that have high unemployment.