Let us pick up our books and our pens,” I said. “They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.


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Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.
MALALA YOUSAFZAI
Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
MALALA YOUSAFZAI
One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.
MALALA YOUSAFZAI
Jane Heard.
ONE
You don't know, oh, oh
You don't know you're beautiful.
ONE DIRECTION
Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong.
KRS-ONE
We get rated down by homeowners associations because we have no slums.
DAY ONE
If we could only have this life for one more day. If we could only turn back time. You know I'll be ...
ONE DIRECTION
You know I'll be
Your Life
Your Voice
Your Reason To Be
My Love
My Heart...
ONE DIRECTION
do not cry , you can focus the light spot with the eyes , the eyes of your heart . smile
MISTER ONE
Everyone loves the David and Goliath story, but if Goliath had slain David, it'd never have made the...
DAY ONE
I've been coming here since Day One, ... Watching games at home is no fun. It's boring. Here, we get...
DAY ONE
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DAY ONE
Get every drop in there. Can't lose none,
DAY ONE
big, medium and small.
DAY ONE
Yes, look, I don't think I can explain this any better to you, but we don't want to ... Well, I gues...
DAY ONE
You hand fits in mine like its made to be but bear this in mind it was meant to be and im joining up...
ONE DIRECTION
Tell me I'm a screwed up mess, that I never listen, listen. Tell me you don't want my kiss, that ...
ONE DIRECTION
You're impossible to resist, but I wouldn't bet your heart on it. It's like I'm finally awake, and...
ONE DIRECTION
Baby you light up my world like nobody else. The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed. An...
ONE DIRECTION
Why did the mushroom go to the party?
Because he's a fungi!
ONE DIRECTION
The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.
JAMES BROWN
Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty,...
TECUMSEH
Every once in a while, people step up. They rise above themselves. Sometimes they surprise you. And ...
ONE TREE HILL
What kids are doing are killing themselves
They feel they have no control of their prisoner's c...
TWENTY ONE PILOTS
The pen is one of the most potent of weapons in a revolution
RASSOOL JIBRAEEL SNYMAN
We are all one, and we are all different too. So don't let our differences set us one another apart.
TUESHENIS KALEFTO
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Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive to the least powerful in our society.
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Disney World is our most popular one.
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Life is our teacher....people are our books...the world is our classroom. Live WISE~
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He's one of our strongest defenders and one of our most athletic players, but injuries are part of t...
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One friend, one person who is truly understanding, who takes the trouble to listen to us as we consi...
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We can change the world one thought at a time, one child at a time, one family at a time, one commun...
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We can imagine the books we'd like to read, even if they have not yet been written, and we can imagi...
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Receptive prayer is one of the most powerful weapons against spiritual u-turns.
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Some one has said that most of us don't think, we just occasionally rearrange our prejudices.
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Those who hate blindly cannot see through their own insecurities...Me 09//03/13
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The police wanted to see all our IDs. They had us pick one to see who got the ticket.
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We are the ones to set boundaries in our life....we never think beyond that boundary....but we must ...
PRIYALUCI
If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.
MARTIN LUTHER
I write books to change the world. Perhaps I can only change one little piece of that world. But if ...
JONATHAN KOZOL
Both teams were patient on offense, but we definitely stressed at halftime that we had to pick up ou...
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Oscar always said that books are truly our best friends. He said that they never think poorly of us ...
ERICA SEHYUN SONG
Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens...
GERMANY KENT
Some one has said that most of us don't think, we just occasionally rearrange our prejudices.
FRANK KNOX
One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.
E. V. LUCAS
In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multi...
JEAN PAUL RICHTER
Did we come all the way here for a book, Baba?”
“Just one, my child. Just one.”
“I...
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She's one of our children I fitted with hearing aids. She's going to be one our poster children; a 2...
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We are all losers in comparison to Malala Yousafzai. But we are not all geniuses. Like me.
TA-NEHISI COATES
They are one of our most significant contributors. We just love them, and we are very grateful.
KATHLEEN EMMETT
My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids.
BERKELEY BREATHED
We are the people of the book. We love our books. We fill our houses with books. We treasure books w...
CORY DOCTOROW
And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night that unites us.
PABLO NERUDA
I believe that climate change represents one of the greatest threats to our national security and ou...
MARK POCAN
Consider a small child sitting on his mother's lap while she reads him a picture book. The picture b...
MARTHA V. PARRAVANO
We don't need to have just one favorite. We keep adding favorites. Our favorite book is always the b...
LLOYD ALEXANDER
He's one of our most powerful offensive forces and we'll also put him across from somebody we need t...
GLYNDA RICE
There are books that change our perspectives and books that change our personalities.
CARLA H. KRUEGER
In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multi...
JEAN PAUL RICHTER
I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES
Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the thin...
ROSALEEN DICKSON
The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow every...
DAVID EDDINGS
No one said, 'This child deserves better.' No one stepped up.
CATHY SMITH
So let us praise the distinctive pleasures of re-reading: that particular shiver of anticipation as ...
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Trees are one of our most valuable assets.
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Just as one of our spotters to the north called in that he'd spotted a tornado, another one from the...
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There is just one life for each of us: our own.
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They both offer a lot to one another. They can help one another. Our greatest challenge will also be...
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(Finch) has been one of our most consistent performers. He can pitch, catch, play first and gives us...
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One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power...
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Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive e...
CHE GUEVARA
Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive e...
ERNESTO 'CHE' GUEVARA
Will grinned. “Some of these books are dangerous,” he said. “It’s wise to be careful.”“O...
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God our Father, Jesus, our Elder Brother and our Redeemer, and the Holy Ghost, the Testator, are per...
EZRA TAFT BENSON
Frustrating. It was one of those days where our defense let us down.
EMPSY THOMPSON
There is no one teacher, no one school and no one system that can meet all the complex and diverse n...
CINDY TAYLOR
In this one book are the two most interesting personalities in the whole world - God and yourself. T...
FULTON OURSLER
In this one book are the two most interesting personalities in the whole world--God and yourself. Th...
FULTON OURSLER
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.
GREG ANDERSON
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.
GREG ANDERSON
Hardcover books are fairly expensive these days and to read one requires a significant commitment of...
JEFFERY DEAVER
No one can punish us, our own karma but !
KAZERONNIE MAK
Don't let toxic people infect you with the fear of giving and receiving one of the most powerful for...
YVONNE PIERRE
Empathetic silence is one of the most underused weapons in the world.
GILLIAN FLYNN
To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.
SHOLEM ASCH
I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains.
ANNE FRANK
I don't think so, therefore I'm probably not.
ALAN SMITHEE
Every person is a fool in somebody's opinion.
SPANISH PROVERB
Guests and fish start to stink after two days.
SPANISH PROVERB

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