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I think, social business is the most logical thing to do. If we had done that, we could reduce all the problems we have.
Muhammad Yunus
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Muhammad Yunus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: June 28
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My experience working in the Grameen Bank has given me faith an unshakable faith in the creativity of human beings. It leads me to believe that humans are not born to suffer the misery of hunger and poverty. They suffer now as they did in the past because we turn our heads away from this issue.
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