Deborah Tannen Quotes

Everything you say in a family carries meaning from all that was said before. So with friends, there is less likelihood of a few words triggering associations from childhood, where our deepest emotions often are rooted.

Deborah Tannen

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Gene Hackman was a superstar in the '70s - with that face!

Joel Edgerton

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The Oval Office symbolizes... the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I'm going to say democracy. And when you have a dress code in the Supreme Court and a dress code on the floor of the Senate, floor of the House, I think it's appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office of the President.

Andrew Card

DreamsDressDemocracyThinkYou

No one will ever feel sorry for me.

Rose Kennedy

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I wanna fight the best.

Rose Namajunas

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The Hollywood business has been experiencing continual change since about 1915, when Charlie Chaplin was in Venice. The current time is no exception... You have to accept there will be constant change in the future.

Roy Price

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We can't allow our leaders to play the old 'do as I say, not as I do' game.

Mike Medavoy

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I got my first tattoo when I was 16 years old and I went with my mom to get it done - she has a bunch too so we're tattoo buddies now.

Josh Hutcherson

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I wanted to be a writer-performer like the Pythons. In fact, I wanted to be John Cleese, and it took me some time to realise that the job was, in fact, taken.

Douglas Adams

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In Modernism, reality used to validate media. In Postmodernism, the media validate reality. If you don't believe this, just think how many times you've described some real event as being 'just like a movie.'

Brad Holland

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I forgive 'Face in the Crowd' its uneven tone because it's precisely what makes it feel unlike other Kazan movies.

Peyton Reed

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If somebody asks for my opinion, I tell them my opinion, whether it's what they want to hear or not.

Payne Stewart

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Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.

Shaquille O'Neal

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