"I believe that we can create a poverty-free world because poverty is not created by poor people. It has been created and sustained by the economic and social systems that we have designed for ourselves; the institutions and concepts that make up that system; the policies that we pursue."

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Source : Muhammad Yunus' Nobel Lecture in Oslo, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2006.

Muhammad Yunus

#Believe Quotes #People Quotes #World Quotes

“Daring is the price of progress. All splendid conquests are the prize of boldness, more or less.”
“Love is the essence of life; love touches all of our work. Love never leaves us. It clings to us, and we cling to it.”
“My ideal city is more like the city (New York and Paris come to mind, but it sort of applies to all) that existed up to and including the 1930s, when different classes lived all together in the same neighborhoods, and most businesses of any sort were mom-and-pop, and people and things had a local identity.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com
“I know that I could really kill for my daughter. I know because I'm living for her, so I'm fierce when it comes down to it. And I feel the same about my husband and my family. I'm just fiercely protective. It's like, that's my lair and nobody messes with my lair.”
“I Want A Million Dollars A Year For Illegally Having My Mind Read And Privacy Stolen”

Source : "Amanda Bynes Twitter: Star Wants $1 Million for 'Illegally Having Mind Read'" by Sami K. Martin, www.christianpost.com. July 2, 2013.
“As you get older and fatter, good clothes can hide a lot.”

Source : "These things I know". Interview with Geraldine Bedell, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2004.
“I think of myself as a funny guy but nobody thinks I'm funnier than my daughters.”
“What I saw a thousand times during the downturn was, 'We'd like to give her that opportunity, but we need to go with the sure thing - we can't afford diversity right now,'”

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