Mary Louise Pratt Quotes

#1. In the context of fiercely monolingual dominant cultures like that of the United States, code-switching lays claim to a form of cultural power: the power to own but not be owned by the dominant language...Code-switching is a rich source of wit, humour, puns, word play, and games of rhythm and rhyme.

Mary Louise Pratt

#2. Too much time in academia can actually do you harm. There are a lot of skills that are useful in academia that aren't worth much outside of it.

Jason Fried

#3. He came to find her, wanting what everyone wanted, and what only free-thinking people, not the supernatural, could give. Meaning.

Ian McEwan

#4. So on this Human Rights Day, let us rededicate ourselves to the advancement of human rights and freedoms for all, and pledge always to live by the ideals we promote to the world.

Barack Obama

#5. We are all too fixed on wrecking ourselves rather than bettering ourselves.

Meggie Royer

#6. For Wales? Why Richard, it profit a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world ... but for Wales!

Robert Bolt

#7. Every dog has his day.

Miguel De Cervantes