Deborah Tannen Quotes

Conversations with sisters can spark extremes of anger or extremes of love. Everything said between sisters carries meaning not only from what was just said but from all the conversations that came before - and 'before' can span a lifetime. The layers of meaning combine profound connection with equally profound competition.

Deborah Tannen

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I won't ski in the backcountry the day after a big storm anymore. The mountains are so humbling. As soon as you think you're on top or crushing it, that's when you need to be really careful.

Jimmy Chin

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A lot of us are ruled by fear during our lives - afraid we'll get burgled, afraid a dog will bite us, afraid we'll get fat, afraid someone will leave us. Once you lose fear, life becomes sweeter, and that happens as you get older. I'm sure by the time I'm 80, I'll be able to do absolutely anything!

Joanna Lumley

LifeDogFearTimeFatSomeone

Bonnie and Clyde grew up in absolute poverty. They didn't go to school or have any money; the only way they could figure out how to get ahead was to steal. The banks were foreclosing on everyone's homes. I think a lot of people will be able to relate to that struggle.

Jeremy Jordan

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Lincoln believed in the American people.

Steven Spielberg

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I can't drink if I have to get up early, man. It kills me.

Travis Fimmel

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Every technology, every science that tells us more about ourselves, is scary at the time.

Rodney Brooks

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What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice.

Ronald Reagan

BestPeopleHomelessProblemYou

I do think that being a sort of celebrity and being well off does give me some responsibility.

Ruth Rendell

ResponsibilityMeThinkCelebrity

When we got to the hotel, the Hawaiian Village, there were 500 screaming women there. The police were trying to keep the crowd back. It was very dangerous.

Minnie Pearl

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My entry into the field of hydrogen came as a great surprise. President Bush of the United States was interested in hydrogen for energy applications, and I was asked to chair a committee on hydrogen for the Department of Energy.

Mildred Dresselhaus

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There were a lot of fan-made trailers for 'The Originals.' The fans sort of decided it could be a show before anyone else did.

Joseph Morgan

FansShowDidBeforeSortDecided

Negative interest rates hurt banks' balance sheets, with the 'wealth effect' on banks overwhelming the small increase in incentives to lend.

Joseph Stiglitz

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