Deborah Tannen Quotes
Most non-New Yorkers, finding themselves within hearing range of strangers' conversation, think it's nice to pretend they didn't hear. But many New Yorkers think it's nice to toss in a relevant comment.
Deborah Tannen
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It was not until I was in my forties, in the fifth decade of my life, that the sense of place, the spirit of place, became of paramount importance to me. It was then that I began my travels, that I discovered, through photography, the quality of light, and that I gradually became able to paint the mood of place.
Barbara Cooney
Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.
Gail Porter
I have a paranoia that 'Ablutions' is the best thing I'll ever do.
Patrick deWitt
My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.
Samuel Butler
As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
Adam McKay
Every note is a lifetime for itself.
Daniel Barenboim
Mike Tyson was one of the fighters who motivated me. How? We both used to train at the Golden Gloves boxing gym. I used to see his Rolls-Royce, his diamond Rolex on, and I said, 'You know what? Those are the things that I want.'
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
I love working in New York.
Ian Mckellen
I came, I studied architecture in America, so my technical background's completely western. But my seventeen years, the formative years of one's life, and I can't say that the Chineseness in me is not there.
I. M. Pei
I developed 'Trapped' because I was fascinated with the idea of a terrible crime in a small town cut off from the rest of the world.
Baltasar Kormakur
Sometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard.
Katarina Witt
I've been around a long time, so I guess I've touched a lot of people's lives - hopefully for the better.
Ace Frehley
Kiss
The only way anyone knows which girl I'm with is if a one-night stand goes on 'Howard Stern.'
Vin Diesel
I think who you are in school really sticks with you. I don't ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It's like, 'Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.'
Taylor Swift
Once I got to college, it seemed that the Hamptons were a little bit too posh for me and didn't represent the kind of values I was embracing in my late teens. So, I didn't go out there, except to visit my parents, for a long time. And then, after 9/11, I discovered it was a nice, mellow place to hang out.
Colson Whitehead
I love the gym; I love basketball. I'm really passionate about it.
Kyrie Irving
My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life.
Maria Monk
Most non-New Yorkers, finding themselves within hearing range of strangers' conversation, think it's nice to pretend they didn't hear. But many New Yorkers think it's nice to toss in a relevant comment.
Deborah Tannen
