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«The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.»
«The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.»
«Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of the poor, the privilege of the underprivileged, the exclusive club of the excluded masses»
«The de facto censorship which leaves so many Americans functionally illiterate about the history of US foreign affairs may be all the more effective because it is not official, heavy-handed or conspiratorial, but woven artlessly into the fabric of education and media. No conspiracy is needed.»
«The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript.»
«TRUTHFUL, adj. Dumb and illiterate.»
«You have no reason to feel proud when you are able to help another, for your skill or wealth or strength or courage or official position that gave you the chance to serve was the gift of God, whether you recognize it or not. You are only offering this God's gift to another God's gift, namely the poor, the illiterate, the weak, the diseased, the grieving, the broken-hearted, who seek your help.»
«There is an indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.»

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