Deborah Tannen Quotes

Conflict and opposition are as necessary as cooperation and agreement, but the scale is off balance, with conflict and opposition overweighted.

Deborah Tannen

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BalanceConflictCooperationOff

You still have to go perform; it doesn't matter what the tournament is.

Jimmy Walker

YouGoMatterStillTournament

If there's a woman who is exhibiting her femininity or performing her femininity, it's always seen as meant to pull in the male gaze.

Jill Soloway

WomanAlwaysGazeSeenFemininity

The working class of England take their deracination completely for granted. Disenchantment is the happy code that informs every byway of the underclass: service jobs, celebrity dreams, Lotto wins, leisured poverty on pre-crunch credit cards, it's all there, part of the story of an English people whose grandparents never had it so good.

Andrew O'Hagan

GoodDreamsServiceHappyPeople

I love working with Sally Field, and Steve Buscemi is one of the most giving, talented actors I've ever worked with.

Mekhi Phifer

LoveGivingWorkingMostFieldEver

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

Maurice Maeterlinck

TruthValueTrueMoreBecauseMost

What I've learned is that makeup well applied can really last all day. I've had makeup on for 17 hours with minimal retouching. Once it's on me, and I start, I don't want to be touched again.

Stephanie March

DayMeStartMakeupWantWell

The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength.

Robert Browning

StrengthSeaLandUpBreaksLoaded

There is no upside for the U.K. in Brexit. Only costs that can be avoided and advantages to be seized by remaining in Europe. No one should have to pay the Brexit tax.

Jose Angel Gurria

TaxPayEuropeBrexitUpsideOnly

I believe you'll see a low Earth orbit space travel business begin.

Dennis Muilenburg

BusinessTravelSpaceBelieveYou

There is one thing in this good old world that is positively sure - happiness is for all who strive to be happy - and those who laugh are happy. Everybody is eligible - you - me - the other fellow. Happiness is fundamentally a state of mind - not a state of body.

Douglas Fairbanks

GoodHappinessHappyMindBe Happy

When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.

Donald Rumsfeld

ControlEliminateLayerThinCutting

It's made music more accessible with YouTube and the ability to trade audio files. But it hasn't made it more popular.

Chick Corea

MusicMoreYouTubeAbilityTrade

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