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It's very difficult when you have learned something a certain way. Not only your mind absorbs it your eyes also are trained to see in a certain way because eyes are only as good as you've been trained to see.
Muhammad Yunus
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Muhammad Yunus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: June 28
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