Deborah Tannen Quotes
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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I think the Hajj tends to reflect the state of the Ummah. That's one of the things about the Hajj is that you get to see the Ummah. It's a microcosm of the Ummah's condition.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.
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Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.
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September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.
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Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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Apparently, I'm very good at firing a gun without blinking, which is unusual. That's why so many action characters have to wear sunglasses during shoot-out scenes. That's my party trick.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.
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I was 19, and I thought I should settle down and get a real job, and what was I doing living this dream world?
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You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.
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There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and against doing it. The art of debate lies in presenting them; the art of life lies in neglecting ninety-nine hundredths of them.
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For a long time, I couldn't even afford food and clothing. I climbed from the very bottom of the society.
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I have long been impressed with the focus on politics and that focus being... from young people.
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The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do more, and you are not yet decrepit enough to turn them down.
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Advantages of freedom do not have to be proved by something outside freedom itself. It is its own underwriter.
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No man can be stronger than his destiny.
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I cannot explain something that no one has ever figured out.
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I'm comfortable and confident about the future.
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We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has.
