Deborah Tannen Quotes
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I love the States and their attitudes about entertainment.
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I really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me.
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People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'
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Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best.
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It's really hard for kids nowadays: you can get a decent education, but there are no jobs out there. You worry about how they are ever going to afford to live anywhere.
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Act because you love to act.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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Well in the book Carrie was my alter ego. In real life, Sarah Jessica and I don't look anything alike. But people do say that we sound alike. Sarah Jessica is an adorable girl and she is very funny.
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If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.
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According to our estimates, the Hungarians working in the U.K. altogether pay more contributions and taxes than the benefits that they get. So we belong to the world of the fair working people.
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I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the coverage I've received of the album that the musicians got wonderful reviews for their contributions and abilities. I think the four musicians played freely within my limits.
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Greek yogurt with some olive oil stirred in can transform many dishes.
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First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views.
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Well, c'mon, everyone is a Facebook addict!
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It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
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'Rabbi' means 'teacher,' and I see the role of chief rabbi as chief teacher.
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People go forward in life. Bitterness and grudges and resentments only poison it.
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Songwriting is like working on a jigsaw puzzle, and it doesn't make any sense until you find that last piece. It has to make sense or it doesn't work.
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I once did hold it, as our statists do, A baseness to write fair, and labour'd much How to forget that learning; but, sir, now It did me yeoman's service.
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We're all concerned about sustainable energy. If we could recycle waste heat to generate energy, we could use it for something useful.
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The effect of dominance is not always the result of an intention to dominate.
