Deborah Tannen Quotes

When women told me they'd always wished they had a sister, they were thinking of this ideal of mutual encouragement and support. Many of those who have sisters also yearn for this ideal because their relationships with their sisters don't always live up to it.

Deborah Tannen

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WomenLiveSupportMeSisterAlways

But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've expressed it tonight: standing on principle, checking Washington's power and leading the drive for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government.

John Boehner

PowerGovernmentMistakePeopleFind

If we fail to appreciate the soul that Easternism gives us, then what we have is a disconnected, Greco-Roman, Western, egocentric, compartmentalized, reductionist, fragmented, linear thought process that counts on cleverness.

Joel Salatin

SoulThoughtProcessAppreciateFail

I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music.

John Eaton

MusicWantAudienceInvolvedSweep

Life should never be viewed from the vantage point of achievements. It is total folly.

John Mellencamp

LifeNeverPointFollyShouldTotal

What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality.

Max Beckmann

WorkRealityWantShowBehindIdea

He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.

Sun Tzu

WinWillSuperiorHandleWhoForces

I wake up in the morning with a list of problems, and I go solve them.

Travis Kalanick

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I like to remain somewhat anonymous. I could never handle the whole Britney Spears syndrome of being noticed everywhere.

Rob Halford

NeverBeingHandleWholeLikeCould

I have faced up to what I am.

Robin Ince

I AmUpAmFaced

If you're gay or religious you're always hearing this word tolerance. It's a pathetic word. It's actually just a politically correct word for the term intolerance.

Rupert Everett

ToleranceYouGayAlwaysHearing

All of my children are ideologically and politically in sync with me, they all have authentic Christian faith. It's something I'm very grateful for.

Mike Huckabee

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We need to reform the health code so that people are incentivized to buy their own health insurance rather than have to get it through an employer.

Monica Crowley

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