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Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of professional people. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#before #class #confined #educated #goal

Our campaign is powered by college students who are not about to let the first genocide of the 21st century happen on their watch. ↗

— Ross Martin

#about #campaign #century #college #college students

Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#being #boxing #century #changing #dragged

I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was symphonic music and the novel. For various technical and artistic reasons, film became that eloquent medium for the 20th century. ↗

— Walter Murch

#20th century #age #artistic #became #century

Today in America, we are trying to prepare students for a high tech world of constant change, but we are doing so by putting them through a school system designed in the early 20th Century that has not seen substantial change in 30 years. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#america #century #change #constant #designed

Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people. ↗

— Edward Norton

#basically #century #conservation #dealing #ecosystems

I suspect there are people in all walks of life who need to be dragged into the 21st century in terms of attitudes towards women. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#attitudes #century #dragged #i #into

It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent. ↗

— Barack Obama

#build #business #century #change #creative

Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries. ↗

— Chris Patten

#co2 #countries #developed #developed countries #emission

Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century. ↗

— S. J. Perelman

#century #learning #living #most #will