Deborah Tannen Quotes
Asian cultures... place great value on avoiding open expression of disagreement and conflict because they emphasize harmony.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage.
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The definition of 'morbid' is an unhealthy preoccupation with death. Unfortunately, there's no word to mean the perfectly healthy preoccupation with death, which is what I have.
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I think it's an enormous blessing to be the child of an immigrant who fled oppression, because you realize how fragile liberty is and how easily it can be taken away.
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Being in 'Doctor Who' has been so amazing. I don't think I will ever have a job quite so fun ever again. I feel sad because I am going to leave, but with any story, it has to come to an end.
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Our communities are being destroyed by racial tension - and we're too polite to talk about it.
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The following Wednesday, I opted to go with Random House.
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It doesn't matter what country or what political system you are from. Space brings you together.
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Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.
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That was a major goal for me - to be able to reach and encourage more women, to encourage them to express themselves and be what they want to be. People get very trapped where they are.
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I was excited by the idea of playing a Nazi.
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I got mobbed at a pizza parlor. Kids and especially girls went going crazy. They got so excited.
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We deify willpower and self-control - and mock its absence. People who achieve through remarkable willpower are 'strong' and 'heroic.' People who need help or structure are 'weak.' This is crazy - because few of us can accurately gauge or predict our willpower.
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There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent.
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I'm a magazine junkie. I have 30 different subscriptions to various magazines, and I like old-school, real magazines.
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Some people aren't great with babies, or they're not great with a smaller child - it's not that they're bad mothers.
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Asian cultures... place great value on avoiding open expression of disagreement and conflict because they emphasize harmony.
