"For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth. The literacy rate is 96 percent."

-- Barbara Walters

#Cuba Quotes #Earth Quotes #Yardsticks Quotes

“Social justice is what faces you in the morning. It is awakening in a house with adequate water supply, cooking facilities and sanitation. It is the ability to nourish your children and send them to school where their education not only equips them for employment but reinforces their knowledge and understanding of their cultural inheritance. It is the prospect of genuine employment and good health: a life of choices and opportunity, free from discrimination.”
“Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem.”
“Fictional characters are made of words, not flesh; they do not have free will, they do not exercise volition. They are easily born, and as easily killed off.”

Source : FaceBook post by John Banville from Nov 16, 2012
“Life is a series of commas, not periods.”

Source : "The McConaissance or 'I Wear No Mask'" by Timothy Braun, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 10, 2014.
“When all else fails, start running!”
“You are free, you just don't know it" ~Michael to Sarah”
“And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that I could never have sustained a personal relationship while I worked this hard, or while I was that driven this intensely by the story.”
“Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.”

Source : "Moonheart". Book by Charles de Lint, 1994.

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