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I avoid grandiose plans. I start with a small piece that I can do. I go to the root of the problem and then work around it. It's building brick by brick.

Muhammad Yunus

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Muhammad Yunus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: June 28
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The process of breaking down fear was always my greatest challenge and it was made easier by the careful work and gentle voices of my female workers.
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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.
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...poor people are just as human as anyone else. They have just as much potential as anyone.
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I was an economist now turning into a human being - as if these are two different things. I don't know but I did that and then I had no vision.
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Some people think that poor people are lazy. Actually, it takes a lot of work to survive when you are dirt-poor.
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Unprecedented technological capabilities combined with unlimited human creativity have given us tremendous power to take on intractable problems like poverty, unemployment, disease, and environmental degradation. Our challenge is to translate this extraordinary potential into meaningful change.
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Access to quality education has enabled me to reach far beyond the Bangladeshi village I grew up in.
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If I could be useful to another human being, even for a day, that would be a great thing. It would be greater than all the big thoughts I could have at the university.
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