Deborah Tannen Quotes
People vary. You change your style, your hair, and the way you dress. Talking differently will be a part of that.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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I believe that dogma is often evil.
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
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I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my school friends that I was a stud in my colony and to my colony friends that I was a stud in the school cricket and football teams, though I was in no team.
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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If you're not a parent, if you're an aunt or uncle or neighbor, books are an amazing gift.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.
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I have a friend who is around my age, a little younger, and she's gay and came out to her own community when she was younger but not to her family and to the community at large.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I'm a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without paying any attention to labels, conventions or silly critical fads.
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Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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Today in Saudi, women are either at the mercy of their husbands or at the mercy of judges who tend to side with the husbands. The only circumstance that a woman can ask for a divorce or a 'khali' is when her husband is in total agreement with her or if she comes from a very powerful family who decide to back her up.
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Women get scrutinized based on appearance far more than men. And look, I speak from experience here. When I wear a bad outfit on the air, I get viewer e-mail complaining about it. A lot of e-mail. Seriously.
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The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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Um... Bulgaria is an interesting country. The people are lovely. There are potholes the size of small planets.
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Crying over what's gone won't find the present.
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I really dislike the fact that Asian males are constantly emasculated, whether it's American TV or films. You see it all the time, and it's so weird that they don't see sexuality in Asian men.
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Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.
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The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.
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People vary. You change your style, your hair, and the way you dress. Talking differently will be a part of that.
