Deborah Tannen Quotes
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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I'm always worried about everything. Like spiders.
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I am prepared to do whatever I can do and whatever is reasonable to make sure that it is Hillary who makes it to the White House and not Trump.
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Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.
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In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to continue to be heroic days.
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Home is where one starts from.
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I've been lucky because Hollywood can be harsh and try to pigeonhole you. I've done TV, films, and comedy, done it all... I think I'm spread out evenly among the film community. I've been lucky and keep working with great actors.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.
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There are lots of things I am not good at. I'm not that good a singer. And I'm a good dad but a lousy husband because I work far too much and am not at home as much as I would like.
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Well, I don't give it out very often, but I reject the notion that you have to be a practitioner to give good advice.
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Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
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I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do.
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As a professional track cyclist, I have always challenged myself, and I enjoy seeing how I cope when faced with the unknown.
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Kurt Cobain was Nirvana. He named the band, hired its members, played guitar, wrote the songs, fronted the band onstage and in interviews, and took responsibility for the band's business decisions.
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When strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear of your neighbors.
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The central industry of modern civilisation, tending, because of its control over materials, to spread into and ultimately incorporate older industries such as mining, smelting, oil- refining, textiles, rubber, building, and even agriculture in respect to fertilizers and food processing.
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Knowing you’re worthless doesn’t give you value any more than knowing you are a captive sets you free.
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I wouldn't say that it's hard for sisters to treat each other with respect. Many do.
