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Deborah Tannen Quotes

The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: sociologist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 7, 1945

Topics

Relationship Mistake Conversation Way

If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.

Life You Lemonade Lemon Make Throws

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

Ideas Learn You Pretty Handle Dozen

Every New Year comes with a list of predictions. Self-predictions, world predictions, how many times Lindsay Lohan will get arrested predictions, etc. I reserve the annual trend for people with genuine psychic ability and/or bloggers.

People World Year New Genuine Will

People have these ideas about comic books and their adaptations as flashy and sort of surface-y, broad-strokes-type projects, but they're not, really.

People Ideas Books Comic About Sort

On this National Agriculture Day, when we all should be taking time to thank and pay tribute to America's farmers, ranchers and their families who produce the food for our tables, we are finding those same people in dire need of our help and support.

Time Food Day Support People Help

Egypt needs to catch up with the rest of the world. We need to be free, democratic, and - society where people have the right to live in freedom and dignity.

Mohamed ElBaradei

Live Freedom People World Society

Music as a business is a dirty thing.

Business Music Dirty Thing

Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office.

Evening Acting Play Office Stage

Sometimes people's spiritual ideas become fixed and they use them against those who don't share their beliefs - in effect, becoming fundamentalist. It's very dangerous - the finger of righteous indignation pointing at someone who is identified as bad or wrong.

Spiritual People Ideas Someone Bad

Obviously there aren't enough Latino roles out there - I wish there were more of them - but there's got to be more in the future. I'm sure there will be more in the future. The public is asking for it.

Future Wish Enough Will More Asking

So far, Senate Republicans are good at getting Facebook likes and town halls and not much else. Do something.

Good Facebook Something Far Senate

The best way to describe my work is comedy in a very, very real way. I'm not scared to look silly on camera. I take everyday situations we all go through and put a very real twist on it - things people can relate to.

Work Best People Comedy Camera Look

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