"If we want to help poor people out, one way to do that is to help them explore and use their own capability. Human being is full of capacity full of capability, is a wonderful creation. But many people never get a chance to explore that, never, no that she nor he has that"

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Source : Interview with Marika Griehsel, www.nobelprize.org. December 12, 2006.

Muhammad Yunus

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“Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.”
“There are three great international team sports in Australia: cricket, rugby (two codes), and Pom-bashing. But the greatest of these is the last, and it is time we prepared ourselves for the greatest celebration of Pom-bashing since Bodyline, the 1930s cricket tour that became an international incident. That one rankles to this day and is otherwise known as the longest whinge in sporting history.”
“How do you gag the voice in your head that says, 'You don't have to [do it] today. There's always tomorrow.'?”
“Do not lose your faith. A mighty fortress is our mathematics. Mathematics will rise to the challenge, as it always has.”

Source : "The Dreams of Reason: The Computer and the Rise of the Sciences of Complexity". Book by Heinz Pagels. Chapter 3, p. 94, 1988.
“A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.”
“We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service.”

Source : "The Fable of the Bees". Book by Bernard Mandeville. Remark V, p. 267, 1732.
“Messi is the best player of all time. Better than Pele, better than Maradona and better than anyone else.”
“Souls don't have races or sexes or religions. They are beyond artificial divisions.”

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