"The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write."

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Source : Quoted in Observer (London), 14 Oct. 1979

Alberto Moravia

#Writing Quotes #Ratios Quotes #Literacy Quotes

“I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone.”
“Innovation happens because there are people out there doing and trying a lot of different things.”
“There could be no justice, unless there were also injustice; no courage, unless there were cowardice; no truth, unless there were falsehood.”
“Teach your children that many of the blessings of the Church are available to them because you and they give tithes and offerings to the Church. Teach them that those blessings could come virtually no other way.”
“Why is contemporary China short of works that speak directly? Because we writers cannot speak directly, or rather we can only speak in an indirect way.Why does contemporary China lack good works that critique our current situation? Because our current situation may not be critiqued. We have not only lost the right to criticise, but the courage to do so.Why is modern China lacking in great writers? Because all the great writers are castrated while still in the nursery.”
“Nashville's like any other hometown - after a while, it's stifling.”

Source : "Justin Townes Earle: Steve’s Son? Yes, Just as Talented, but Not Political and Much More Fun". Interview with Jesse Kornbluth, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 12, 2010.
“You know, son, I don't think there's such a thing as an easy life. There's always going to be hard work and there will always be misfortunes we can't control, lurking out at the edges - storms, sickness, wolves. But there is such a thing as a good life and I think that we have one here.”

Source : Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.625, Random House Books for Young Readers
“Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?”

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