Deborah Tannen Quotes

Where the daughter sees power, the mother feels powerless. Daughters and mothers, I found, both overestimate the other's power - and underestimate their own.

Deborah Tannen

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MotherDaughterPowerUnderestimate

I don't dislike my peers because they're still around and remind me of what I'm doing. I never liked them anyway. I never liked U2, the things they've done over the years.

Robert Smith

MeDoingDoneNeverOverDislike

When I feel like exercising I just lie down until the feeling goes away.

Robert M. Hutchins

LieFeelFeelingDownI Feel Like

I certainly knew of 'World of Warcraft'; I had never actually played because I knew that if I started playing, I would never get any work done - because it would just totally absorb me.

Michael A. Stackpole

WorkMeWorldDoneNeverPlaying

I don't come from a film background. so I am grateful to everyone who loves my work.

Sidharth Malhotra

WorkGratefulI AmEveryoneFilmAm

When I was little, I thought that everyone wanted to hold me as a baby because I was this thing of fascination. But rather than this thing that wasn't quite right, I just felt that my difference was something that was probably very exotic.

Ruth Negga

MeBabyThoughtRightDifference

A captivating moment was when I realized that people, including myself, were not saying, 'I just bought an item on eBay.' They were saying, 'I just won an item on eBay.' It was the thrill of the hunt. I bought a car on eBay.

Mary Meeker

CarMyselfMomentPeopleSayingWon

I wanted to just surround myself with people who I think are better than I am, whether they're actors or directors or producers, so that I could learn from them.

Mila Kunis

MyselfI AmPeopleThinkBetterWho

Over the years, I was lucky; right from the beginning, I studied with a lady who had a lot of... she was a classical singer, and of course, they're a little bit more into, you know, preserving the voice, making sure your instrument is ready to perform.

Johnny Mathis

BeginningVoiceLadyYouReadyKnow

Discipline and unconditional support is earned by understanding and trust and inclusion. Not by isolation, not by nasty tricks.

Colm Keaveney

TrustDisciplineSupportIsolation

Practice without improvement is meaningless.

Chuck Knox

ImprovementPracticeWithout

I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen.

Antony Gormley

ArtThinkSaySeenSomethingPublic

The most successful ideological effects are those which have no need for words, and ask no more than complicitous silence.

Pierre Bourdieu

WordsSilenceMoreAskNeedMost

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