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They said, we have education, but what about jobs? So I started telling them, you should be taking a pledge, and the pledge should be: 'I'm not a job seeker I'm a job giver.' Prepare yourself to be a job giver.

Muhammad Yunus

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Muhammad Yunus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: June 28
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