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Deborah Tannen Quotes

For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.

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One of my most laughable moments was when we visited the monkeys in Ubud - they really seemed to like me and at one point, I had three males on my head and shoulders. Carolyn Murphy
Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz. Lee Konitz
Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left. Paul Cezanne
We enter into solitude first of all to meet our Lord and to be with Him and Him alone. Only in the context of grace can we face our sin; only in the place of healing do we dare to show our wounds; only with a single-minded attention to Christ can we give up our clinging fears and face our own true nature. Solitude is a place where Christ remodels us in his own image and frees us from the victimizing compulsions of the world. Henri Nouwen
A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more. John Steinbeck
We get done with the game, and it's an absolute downpour 30 minutes later. That's when I thought God was telling me that's enough-time for you to go do something else. John Elway
Nora Roberts quote: "I guess money can't buy happiness if you shop in the wrong..."
I guess money can't buy happiness if you shop in the wrong places. Nora Roberts
Bernie Worrell quote: "My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist."
My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist. Bernie Worrell
Aristotle quote: "We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask..."
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one. Aristotle
Charles Lamb quote: "New Year's Day is every man's birthday."
New Year's Day is every man's birthday. Charles Lamb
It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no importance once it's finished. Paul Simon
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I had rapidly become aware there were problems with the Kalifa group. Gerard Depardieu
Our songs travel the earth. We sing to one another. Not a single note is ever lost and no song is original. They all come from the same place and go back to a time when only the stones howled. Louise Erdrich
The conventional parabola--sentiment, the touch of the hand, the kiss, the passionate kiss, the feel of the body, the climax in the bed, then more bed, then less bed, then the boredom, the tears and the final bitterness--was to him shameful and hypocritical. Ian Fleming
A human being can be good or bad or right or wrong, maybe. But how can you say a person is illegal? You just can't. That's all there is to it. Barbara Kingsolver