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 took lessons for about everything you could imagine - gymnastics to karate to flute and piano. My mom always definitely kept me in some kind of class or program, but for guitar, I kinda gave up on then kinda just taught myself. Same thing with piano. I've never been good with following lessons.
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In any kid's relationship with their parents, there's always an influence there. You always want to do them proud.
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Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.
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It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow.
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There's a big difference to me between the people who are famous and just accept the fact that it comes with the territory of what they do, and the people who actively seek it out, who intentionally put themselves in the position of being on camera and being famous.
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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.
