If women talk in ways expected of them or project a feminine demeanor, it's seen as weak. But if they talk in ways associated with men or bosses, then they're seen as too aggressive. Whatever they do violates one or the other expectation: either you're not talking as you should as a woman or as boss.


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DEBORAH SAMPSON
The secret to not being afraid is to understand what scares you
DEBORAH WILES
There were no vampires of note in Western literature until about the 18th century. But they tell us ...
DEBORAH HARKNESS
What shall I say further? Shall I not stop short and leave to your imaginations to portray the tragi...
DEBORAH SAMPSON
I was really bored, pretty antisocial, and not much of a joiner, and people thought that was a probl...
DEBORAH ELLIS
When the Taliban took over in 1996, the news of their crimes hit the Toronto papers. As a feminist a...
DEBORAH ELLIS
Help me Lord be a Light and not a shadow in the darkness of my fears.
DEBORAH BRODIE
Not understanding something must not turn us away from God, his ways, or purposes; rather it must be...
DEBORAH BRODIE
What the edge of Truth cuts, the edge of Grace mends.
DEBORAH BRODIE
Count the cost of everything.
Rather than asking someone, "How much does this cost?" Ask yourse...
DEBORAH BRODIE
Start today like a new beginning, and not a repeat.
DEBORAH BRODIE
It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - ...
DEBORAH MOGGACH
He doesn't make it so complicated but just really allows the lyric to come through even though t...
DEBORAH COX
There is that idea of seeming crazy when you're seeing spirits or you're seeing dead people,...
DEBORAH MAILMAN
Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon's s...
DEBORAH KASS
I prefer Princess. I would love to be known as a diva later on in life when I've had far more ex...
DEBORAH COX
The catheter allows us to bathe the entire abdominal area with a high concentration of chemotherapy ...
DEBORAH ARMSTRONG
It's the kind of thing you sort of always hope you're going to see.
DEBORAH ARMSTRONG
It's very good news. A lot of larger institutions have already adopted this approach. At least for t...
DEBORAH ARMSTRONG
This is a significant improvement in survival for women with this disease, which is most often diagn...
DEBORAH ARMSTRONG
IP therapy is not a new treatment approach, but it has not been widely accepted as the gold standard...
DEBORAH ARMSTRONG
We want to make this a model for other communities in the future.
DEBORAH ABBOTT
The heritage of the state is very agricultural. Re-energizing agriculture is the key to Indiana's ec...
DEBORAH ABBOTT
The goal is to create a new use for the manure that's surrounding the town ? as a biofuel.
DEBORAH ABBOTT
The goal is to create a new use for the manure that's surrounding the town ? as a biofuel,
DEBORAH ABBOTT
My problem is that I want to smoke the cigar and for someone else to light it. I want to blow out sm...
DEBORAH LEVY
I think differently, I think it's about reaching everybody on every different plane and every di...
DEBORAH COX
I take it to be from the greatest extremes, both in virtue and in vice, that the uniformly virtuous ...
DEBORAH SAMPSON
One sees more and more people who are miserable and demented and you feel it would be both kind and ...
DEBORAH MOGGACH
The best way to insure you achieve the greatest satisfaction out of life is to behave intentionally.
DEBORAH DAY
I would love to be bilingual. I think having a second or third language at my bidding would open up ...
DEBORAH RANEY
The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as m...
DEBORAH NORVILLE
Once upon a time, about 10 years ago, I thought maybe I could write a mystery series about a midwife...
DEBORAH HARKNESS
A government that operates under the guise of capitalism does not necessarily mean it is free of the...
DEBORAH SIMPSON
Ninety percent of board members said they were there to make a difference in the organization.
DEBORAH HECHINGER
Accessories in general add warmth to a room, but you can switch out your accessories to showcase onl...
DEBORAH CARPENTER
I teach 18- to 21-year-olds - the 'Harry Potter' generation. They grew up as voracious reade...
DEBORAH HARKNESS
In choosing where to live or vacation, we may be setting the stage for the play of ourselves, treati...
DEBORAH TALL
We always see a few orders for wedding invitations with wedding dates around college graduation time...
DEBORAH GOMIA
My mind became agitated with the enquiry - why a nation, separated from us by an ocean more than thr...
DEBORAH SAMPSON
U.S. gasoline may be rattling people's cages. We're going to see another steep draw. That, Nigeria a...
DEBORAH WHITE
I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist,...
DEBORAH COX
'Tulip Fever' did change my life. It did that thing that sometimes happens when a book takes...
DEBORAH MOGGACH
It's not a failure if a marriage or partnership ends after a certain number of years. I think, i...
DEBORAH MOGGACH
It's a very quick place to come in. I'm not going on 21 at lunchtime for anything unless it's a dire...
DEBORAH DURHAM
They said the wreath is still on the door.
DEBORAH ROBERTS
In whatever I may be thought to have been unnatural, unwise and indelicate, it is now my most ferven...
DEBORAH SAMPSON
The song came out to be a gem, just came out to be a really, really interesting rendition of it.
DEBORAH COX