Deborah Tannen Quotes

In my own writing, I avoid 'female' and try to say 'woman' because I feel that the word 'female' has connotations of not just biology but also non-human mammals. The idea of 'female' to me is more appropriate for a female animal.

Deborah Tannen

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I couldn't identify just one, but there's numerous rule changes and points of emphasis that have reflected a change on the field almost immediately. It's hard to avoid the horse-collar tackle, for example, but the players understand why the rule is in there - because of the injury rate prior to us making that a personal foul.

Jeff Fisher

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Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.

Alphonse Karr

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I've loved Alfred Cortot's playing from an early age, and I never tire of hearing his recordings, particularly Chopin and Schumann from the 1920s and '30s.

Stephen Hough

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Can I take on the Republican Party machine? Get real. No. Zero percent.

Mike Cernovich

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Without knocking Impact Wrestling, your contribution was largely limited to what you could do in the TV show. WWE is a bigger company with a bigger infrastructure and a lot more ways to make a contribution.

Mick Foley

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To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.

Minna Antrim

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My father saw that there is no way we can stay in the G-20 and grow with this level of corruption. In early 2015, one of his first orders to his team was to collect all the information about corruption - at the top. This team worked for two years until they collected the most accurate information, and then they came up with about 200 names.

Mohammad bin Salman

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I've been working with the National Lung Health Education Program to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Loni Anderson

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I am used to doing dramatic work, but its fun to grab a gun, and go running around, getting beat-up. Its fun to do the action stuff, because it is really physical. There is nothing like getting into a character by getting beaten up physically.

Devon Bostick

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Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms.

Constance Baker Motley

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When I got the 'Blue Album,' I was 11 years old, 10 years old, and then I convinced my parents to go and get my first drum kit, which was, like, 600 bucks.

Brendon Urie

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I was always super, super musical. So my parents recognized that and put me in choirs, piano lessons, and all that.

Bonnie McKee

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