Deborah Tannen Quotes

Many mothers or daughters assume that words only mean one thing. 'If I feel criticised, that has to be the whole story', and 'if I feel I am being helpful, that has to be the whole story'.

Deborah Tannen

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Sometimes I feel like I don't dream big enough.

John Cho

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I think probably, the makeup artists don't really know how long it's going to take until they really work with your face and they kind of mold it and build it as they're going along.

Andrea Martin

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The war waged against terror since September 11 puts a strain on democracy itself, because it is mostly waged in secret, using means that are at the edge of both law and morality. Yet democracies have shown themselves capable of keeping the secret exercise of power under control.

Michael Ignatieff

PowerWarLawDemocracyControl

I made a choice before I lost my legs that I was going to live the best life possible and that I wasn't going to let this slow me down - and that choice has kept me moving forward.

Amy Purdy

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Is it going to be the people of Kentucky who decides who their senator's going to be, or is it going to be Mitch McConnell saying, 'This is my protege Trey; this is who your next senator's going to be.'?

Matt Bevin

PeopleSayingNextKentuckyGoing

The first audition I ever went on, I was accompanied by my mother at the instruction of my father. 'You have to learn how to take rejection if you really want to be an actor,' he said. He had to eat his own words. I got the job.

Michele Lee

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I'd crawl over broken glass for Elle MacPherson or Cindy Crawford.

Jon Bon Jovi

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A democracy depends on its people, the literate and the well read.

Dev Anand

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When general relativity was first put forward in 1915, the math was very unfamiliar to most physicists. Now we teach general relativity to advanced high school students.

Brian Greene

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I loved the travel but I didn't love the work. I mean, come on, modelling is only so stimulating!

Brooklyn Decker

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I have only admiration and affection for the people of Sherpa Capital, including my co-founder Scott Stanford.

Shervin Pishevar

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Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England.

Thomas Malory

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