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Muhammad Ali Boxer, Activist
Grateful

“The world badly needs more peaceful and loving men like Sri Chinmoy. I am a Muslim and he is serving all people of peace. Sri Chinmoy is doing so much for the world, for people of all faiths, because of his own peace and faith.”

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Muhammad Yunus Social Entrepreneur
Hopeful

“...culture is useless unless it is constantly challenged by counter culture. People create culture; culture creates people. It is a two-way street. When people hide behind a culture, you know that's a dead culture.”

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Muhammad Yunus Social Entrepreneur
Sad

“People need such a small amount of money to deal with their own daily life. Because wherever I went to school they taught me about millions of dollars. I dealt with billions of dollars in national plans and investment plans and so on. Not this tiny money, $27 for 42 people.”

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Muhammad Yunus Social Entrepreneur
Motivated

“Microcredit has shown how you can reach out to people that conventional banking cannot. It has demonstrated that it's a doable proposition.”

Mother Teresa Missionary, Nun
Spiritual

“Lord, help us to accept the pains and conflicts that come to us each day as opportunities to grow as people and become more like you.”

Mother Teresa Missionary, Nun
Love

“‎We are already taking care of people from jail. Hundred and ten non-criminal women are already with us in Shantidhan (abode of peace).”

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Mira Grant Author
Creative

“There is a list of things Im not allowed to discuss at the dinner table! I am extraordinarily passionate about the Black Death, which is not something most people are into.”

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Melinda Gates Philanthropist, businesswoman
Hopeful

“In the United States, there's definitely some controversy about birth control in general, and I think we needed to split the debate and have people realize that we actually agree as a country about contraceptives. Over 93 percent of American women say they use contraceptives, and they feel very good about it.”

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Megan Smith Technologist
Grateful

“Having everyone get exposed to brainstorming, prototyping, thinking about a problem, that's a best practice. One of the things I love seeing is how genius people are. You'll be thinking about some area that needs improving, and then someone just comes in and gives you that little bit of energy. Free online education doesn't solve everything, but you open the window and you build on each other.”

Martin Shaw Actor
Angry

“I tend to get starstruck with sports people. I was on a chat show with retired Scottish footballer Denis Law and I just lost it and couldn't talk to him.”

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Lisa Gardner Author
Creative

“All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. For me to do a novel, I have to talk to people who know things. And what keeps me in suspense is that I am a crime aficionado.”

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Lisa Williams Singer-songwriter
Grateful

“Some people can touch your life for a brief moment but will leave an imprint for a lifetime.”

Kofi Annan Diplomat, Politician
Hopeful

“If we get agriculture right in Africa, where most of the people now are working in that sector, not only would it help boost development but we will be secure in terms of food and nutrition and then be able to move on to other areas.”

Kofi Annan Diplomat, Politician
Hopeful

“I think what gives me hope is I have the sense that the people of Kenya have turned the page. They are keen to get a new political dispensation. They are keen to fight corruption and impunity, and in that sense they are leaving the political elite behind.”