Deborah Tannen Quotes

'Right' and 'wrong' aren't words a linguist uses.

Deborah Tannen

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WordsWrongRightRight And Wrong

Art is messy, art is chaos - so you need a system.

Andrew Stanton

ArtChaosYouMessyNeedSystem

When somebody says something as a joke, the British press take things and twist them.

Mel B

JokeTakeBritishTwistSomething

It wasn't until my teenage years that a book really left a mark, and that was George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four.' It was on the syllabus at school when I was about 16, and I went on to read more of his books. It was the height of the Cold War, so a lot of the messages really resonated at the time.

John Niven

TimeSchoolWarBookColdHeight

The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.

Amity Shlaes

LifeChildrenBeginningTeenOwn

I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it.

Sugar Ray Leonard

LiveRespectBelieveGiftI Believe

Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.

Shiv Khera

PositiveSuccessActionThinking

My dad was a builder, so I didn't have any connection to the arts at all. I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder.

Roger Deakins

ConnectionCareerWantNeverArts

Now I have a very good life and I am very proud of my work.

Michael Nyqvist

LifeWorkGoodI AmProudGood Life

Clearly, if we'd had the kind of computer graphics capability then that we have now, the Star Gate sequence would be much more complex than flat planes of light and color.

Douglas Trumbull

LightColorNowKindMoreGate

I like to think of myself as a creative player.

Christian Pulisic

MyselfCreativeThinkLikePlayer

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.

Thomas Carlyle

KindnessHeartJoyLaughTrueFlow

First, I think the science of monetary economics has clearly gotten better.

Martin Feldstein

ScienceEconomicsThinkBetterFirst

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