Deborah Tannen Quotes
I've long believed that if you understand how conversational styles work, you can make adjustments in conversations to get what you want in your relationships.
Deborah Tannen
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NASA projects often have romantic names that link into a long history of exploration and adventure: Atlantis and Discovery, for example.
Hanna Rosin
Nevertheless, this one fact should be apparent: turning the other cheek is a bribe. It is a valid form of action for only so long as the Christian is impotent politically or militarily.
Gary North
I've been in the public eye so long, I can't remember how it was when it was different - from my mid-20s onwards, when my career started to blossom and I became an international, world cups and things.
Gary Lineker
I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office.
Harrison Ford
America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule.
Fareed Zakaria
Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.
Damon Runyon
I had no album title, and the album is like a journey in that it's a complete body of work. It's not just a couple of catchy songs and filler, so I felt that I needed to capture the essence of the album.
Vanessa Carlton
What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
Jackie Kennedy
If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.
Baruch Spinoza
There's not a day that I don't work on vocals, have vocal coaches, go to acting classes, read books.
Aaron Carter
A landline is an anchor - busy signals, long distance bills, missed connections and all.
Rainbow Rowell
Our work for human dignity is often lonely, and almost always an uphill climb. At times, our efforts are misunderstood, and we are mistaken for the enemy. There has been a clear erosion of respect for U.N. blue and our impartiality.
Ban Ki-moon
The call of God is not a reflection of my nature; my personal desires and temperament are of no consideration. As long as I dwell on my own qualities and traits and think about what I am suited for, I will never hear the call of God.
Oswald Chambers
I don't consider myself, you know, in real life one of those funny guys. My comedy comes through my work.
Eugene Levy
I never thought I would become that person who loves working out. It sucks while you're doing it, but the second you finish, it's like, 'Wow, I feel great! I'm stronger and much more confident.'
Zoey Deutch
It's ludicrous to think people work for you: 'a film by...' doesn't exist. Directed by, maybe, but it's a film from a collective, a group of people whom you consult and seek your counsel and advice and vice versa, too.
Xavier Dolan
I don't need anything to live, to be honest. Give me a mattress or a futon on the floor and I'll be the happiest camper.
Ricky Martin
I've long believed that if you understand how conversational styles work, you can make adjustments in conversations to get what you want in your relationships.
Deborah Tannen