Deborah Tannen Quotes
Much of my work over the years has developed the premise that women's styles of friendship and conversation aren't inherently better than men's, simply different.
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Life in California is beautiful.
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Leaders who master emotions can rob us of our capacities to reason. If their values are out of step with our own, the results can be devastating.
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.
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Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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I came from nothing really to something; I came from the gutter to making the gutters.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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I just want to sit in my room and write books.
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Personally, of course it's exasperating when people think you're just swanning around in Europe, going to the occasional fashion show and then being glamorous at a party.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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He's this amazing ambassador for all superheroes. What we've made as a film not only examines that but is also an amazing adventure story. It's been an honor to work on. As a comic book fan, Superman is like the Rosetta Stone of all superheroes.
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I have intentionally not pursued musical theater.
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Everybody seized upon a bit of the beast. The Sultan claimed the liver, which, when dried and powdered, is worth twice its weight in gold as medicine.
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A lot of me is very up, and you have to have light and shade. They are both important and you have to be able to balance them. You have to admit that sadness is part of you and that it enriches you. I use it in my work.
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Screen work always boils down to that moment between the camera and the actor or the actors. It always boils down to that, ultimately. You serve the camera.
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I should mention that I took piano lessons beginning when I was four. My mother was my first teacher, and it was a wonderful way to bond with her. She was a terrific supporter of my musical career. I knew I wanted to be in music since I began lessons, and I enjoy the various facets that my career has led me.
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Much of my work over the years has developed the premise that women's styles of friendship and conversation aren't inherently better than men's, simply different.
