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So i say, change the base! If you change the base, anybody will be as tall as anybody else! My belief is poverty is not caused by poor ppl. Poverty is caused by the system. Poverty is caused by the policies that we pursue.

Muhammad Yunus

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