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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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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The essence of architecture is form and space, and light is the essential element to the key to architectural design, probably more important than anything. Technology and materials are secondary.
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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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I entered Yale in the fall of 1951, and about November of that year, Bill Buckley published 'God and Man at Yale.'
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Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that.
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If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture. I think it's important to have substance for what you're saying.
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If you ask children in the west where's God, they'd point to the sky. If you ask children in India, they point at themselves.
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My kitchen is not a place to live in. I made it white so I can tell instantly if it's not clean-and I like it clean enough to be able to eat off the floors-or the tables,for that matter.
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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.
