A girl has the power to go forward in her life.
Where these words come from
- 55% sureLots of sources credit Malala Yousafzai with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- Nobel Peace Prize winner remarks, October 10, 2014 — Wikiquote entry; date labeled 'winner speech' by the source, likely the announcement-day remarks rather than the formal Dec. 10 Oslo lecture.
- Nobel Peace Prize winner remarks
- 2014 · response on being named 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
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