Failure & regret

What is the hardest thing that has happened to you, and what did you carry out of it?

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Malala Yousafzai Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
I had two options. One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed. I chose the second one. I decided to speak up.
Recorded Oslo City Hall, The Nobel Foundation, 10 December 2014 source ↗

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