Deborah Tannen Quotes

I would say 'woman' used to be a noun, and now it is a noun and also an adjective. And words change their functions in that way. It's one of the most common phenomena about words. They start as one thing, and they end up as something else.

Deborah Tannen

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Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to the optimum point in the strictly bureaucratic administration.

Max Weber

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Soul is a colourless thing. I don't think you have to be a black person to be automatically soulful. I respect Justin Bieber and Justin Timberlake; they do what they do. For me, my philosophy has always been 'contribution before competition.'

Maxwell

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There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.

John James Ingalls

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I think the wrestling world needs TNA. I think the wrestlers need TNA. I think the fans need TNA.

Matt Hardy

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Something terrible can happen in my life, but I wouldn't put it in my art.

Roy Lichtenstein

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All I can do is keep my nose down and shoot the scene, shoot the scene, make it funny, make it funny, make it funny.

Jay Chandrasekhar

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A child in India grows up with the idea that you have to make choices that will create a better future. In fact, your whole life is a continuum of choices, so the more conscious you are, the greater your life will be.

Deepak Chopra

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Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.

Brennan Manning

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When I worked at Yahoo, I saw a lot of acquisitions. Some succeeded, and some failed. I think I have learned from that.

Brian Acton

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If you took some of the behavior that you see in the fashion world and put it anywhere else, it would just be embarrassing.

Alice Temperley

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I have always tried and always believed in myself, so I went after it, to do my best, to achieve my dream, and I always thought I'd achieve my dream. And I always, always wanted to be a football player.

Philippe Coutinho

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Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.

Thomas Jefferson

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