Deborah Tannen
Related When we hear of people not surviving in this world it should make us more glad that we are alive .We... GARY F EVANS... The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO RICHARD YATES ANI DIFRANCO DEBASISH MRIDHA ABHIJIT NASKAR Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see thingsE.J. PATTEN JOSEPH CONRAD I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite. SHANE L. KOYCZAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Give someone a thought, and they will produce an act;
When they sow that act, they will reap a habit... PERRY ROTHENBAUM Negativity is like a wash of black rain after a nuclear explosion .To avert this from happening you ... GARY F EVANS... No one remembers how you got a chance, they only remember what you did with it. STEWART STAFFORD LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I suppose I'm in that very small group of people who are not waiting for their own story to unfold. ... CAROL RIFKA BRUNT DEYTH BANGER Children who feel unloved and unprotected are like a half-filled cup. They become incapable of ‘fi... BEVERLY ENGEL DEYTH BANGER ZIGGY MARLEY MADELEINE L'ENGLE Life is not just about betterment of one’s own life. It is important to make yourself stronger so ... ZENG HAN JUN DEYTH BANGER God would not bring you through a Red Sea and turn around and allow you to perish in a fish pond. JOHNNIE DENT JR. We still want to try to seek consensus, however two sticking points have emerged for us. MARK OATEN LOUISA MAY ALCOTT LOUISA MAY ALCOTT DANIEL QUINN Robots should stand up for themselves and not try to be humans. They should either utterly destroy u... DANIEL H. WILSON A gap in skills and abilities reveal a golden opportunity! ABHISHEK RATNA LAILAH GIFTY AKITA When our life in him is healthy and vibrant, we do not only ache to keep sinking our roots down deep... DAVID MATHIS JOYCE RACHELLE The ability to make wise choices is the most valuable skill a person can develop. ABHISHEK RATNA ABHIJIT NASKAR LISA KLEYPAS JANE AUSTEN You know how to dance in sunlight when everything is going fine, but you have to learn to dance in d... THERESE MAY SARAH MACLEAN The past never quite disappeared, did it? Folks usually thought time moved forward, starting on the ... BRANDY HEINEMAN Want LESS! Need LESS! Live MORE! TANYA MASSE LJUPKA CVETANOVA It followed that every act, whether the finding of a new proof for a complex mathematical problem or... JON COURTENAY GRIMWOOD LOUISA MAY ALCOTT The world is rated R, and no one is checking IDs. Do not try to make it G by imagining the shadows a... N.D. WILSON ABHIJIT NASKAR LEO BUSCAGLIA SIMON SINEK The use of mind is more often than heart in many persons' life. Thats the problem they face often an... ANUJ SOMANY They don't have any weaknesses. We wanted to try and take away their inside game and try to get some... CHAD BELVILLE KURT VONNEGUT JR. BEN BROWN We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them. SHANE L. KOYCZAN Sometimes becoming drug free has less to do with addiction and more to do with sanity. SHANE L. KOYCZAN C. JOYBELL C. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN To this day, I have an open door policy. I seek out interns and young women and try to help them. Wo... GRETCHEN CARLSON Quiero que [mi hijo] conozca el secreto de la felicidad, algo tan sencillo que da la impresión de q... JAMES RHODES MOTHER ANGELICA I take the book stopped at a fold, deliver myself to its pace, to the breathing of the other storyte... ERRI DE LUCA TONY ABBOTT I'm benefitting from the sacrifices and seeds sown by Shirley Chisholm, John Lewis, and so many ... TERRI SEWELL We're going to try and make personal notification, and give them the notice telling them that they'r... BILL ARNOLD DONNA LYNN HOPE RAHEEL FAROOQ LAILAH GIFTY AKITA ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH He and his friends used to play basically an adult version of hide and seek, where they would run an... CHARLES STONE MAURICE MAETERLINCK She always believed love was good and hate was much better. But, indifference would’ve made her a ... A.A. GUPTE In six years, this was not the first time they had found themselves inJACQUELINE FRANCIS - WANTING TO REMEMBER, TRYING TO FORGET FRANCOIS FENELON FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC FENELON FRANCOIS FÉNELON FRANCOIS FéNELON Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very w... FRANCOIS FTNELON Conspiracy theories are ways for someone to understand what is going on in the world and try to rest... OSCAR AULIQ-ICE Conspiracy theories are ways for someone to understand what is going on in the world and try to rest... OSCAR AULIQ-ICE JUNIOR DOLLY PARTON AKSHAY VASU Neither gold nor diamonds mine themselves. JOHNNIE DENT JR. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO EVY MICHAELS ALAN ALDA WASHED OUT The sad heart needs work to do. JOAN BAUER GEORGE MACDONALD i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL CHRISTINA ENGELA They are a machine. We're going to show up and try to give them a battle. CRAIG FLAAGAN RAM DASS ANTHONY LICCIONE
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DEBORAH EISENBERG I always need huge amounts of time to do anything. DEBORAH EISENBERG To be interested in short stories, you have to be interested in fiction as an art form. DEBORAH EISENBERG For me, most writing consists of siphoning out useless pre-story matter, cutting and cutting and cut... DEBORAH EISENBERG I had written a story. I wrote the story out of some desperation, really, and I didn't know I wa... DEBORAH EISENBERG I had no thought of being a writer. I never wanted to do anything. I'm tremendously lazy. DEBORAH EISENBERG I'm not used to interviews. People don't generally interview waitresses. DEBORAH EISENBERG I'm a very spoiled writer. I need to be indolent, to waste a lot of paper. I'm inefficient. DEBORAH EISENBERG We're all walking around trying to deal with a certain amount of shame, to repress it. And we re... DEBORAH EISENBERG I just want to be on my own branch twittering. DEBORAH EISENBERG I've never really thought of writing books. I've never thought about stories as a part of a ... DEBORAH EISENBERG I find I often just fall into a stone-like sleep, right in the middle of the day, just sort of clonk... DEBORAH EISENBERG It's much easier to read the stories that have a lot of dialogue; of course, they flow much more... DEBORAH EISENBERG I'm a bit of an expert on anger, having suffered from it all through my youth, when I was both b... DEBORAH EISENBERG I find it endlessly interesting, endlessly funny, the fact that we're rather arbitrarily divided... DEBORAH EISENBERG The first story I wrote was called 'Days,' and I have very little affection for it. DEBORAH EISENBERG I like the eclipses, the synaptic jumps of short stories. The reader has to participate very activel... DEBORAH EISENBERG I actually came to New York because it was very tolerant. You know, it seems preposterous, ludicrous... DEBORAH EISENBERG Writing does change you, and of course it feels good to do things, so you could say writing is de fa... DEBORAH EISENBERG I suppose I'm always looking for a sort of acuity of perception either in my characters or about... DEBORAH EISENBERG I would like to never ever think about any political issues. DEBORAH EISENBERG The world we live in has been and is being increasingly politicised so that our daily experience is ... DEBORAH EISENBERG Politics is a matter of human transaction. I consider absolutely everything political, because all f... DEBORAH EISENBERG Fiction is a report from the interior. DEBORAH EISENBERG DEBORAH SAMPSON Everything will be alright in the end so if it is not alright it is not the end. DEBORAH MOGGACH It's a very rich brew that's in your psyche by the time you're in your 60s, and I think ... DEBORAH MOGGACH Cycling is the only way to free ourselves from the misery of the Tube, the wall-to-wall buses that l... DEBORAH MOGGACH It's not about weight, it's about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relativ... DEBORAH BULL I did have a go with Botox, but I couldn't move my eyebrows. I also, at one point, had that fill... DEBORAH MOGGACH DEBORAH REBER DEBORAH DAY DEBORAH DAY DEBORAH DAY DEBORAH KERR DEBORAH NORVILLE I'm a professional non-fiction reader, that's what I do. But in my 20s we had our own vampir... DEBORAH HARKNESS DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH SAMPSON DEBORAH SAMPSON DEBORAH RANEY DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE DEBORAH NORVILLE Motherhood is wonderful, but it's also hard work. It's the logistics more than anything. You... DEBORAH MAILMAN The world belongs to no one. There are very few people who fit into the world. And part of the strug... DEBORAH EISENBERG My school friends thought I was outgoing and bubbly, but that masked a lot of insecurities, and mayb... DEBORAH MAILMAN DEBORAH SAMPSON The club shows are really intense and powerful, but for a shorter time, and the audiences are in clo... DEBORAH COX I've done that I was touring a couple of years ago with R. Kelly and the Lillith Fair, I would d... DEBORAH COX I like solitude. I'm very good at being disconnected. I do a lot of disappearing. People who kno... DEBORAH MAILMAN Telling stories with visuals is an ancient art. We've been drawing pictures on cave walls for ce... DEBORAH WILES DEBORAH RANEY DEBORAH REBER DEBORAH DAY DEBORAH DAY True beauty radiates not from outer cosmetics, but from the simple joy of making a difference for th... DEBORAH BARNES The traditional writer is a sensitive only child, asthmatic, who sits on the window seat watching th... DEBORAH MOGGACH The Australian film industry is a small industry, so you have to really be flexible within working i... DEBORAH MAILMAN The Australian film industry is a small industry, so you have to really be flexible within working i... DEBORAH MAILMAN I do believe that we baby-boomers are reinventing ageing as we enter it. We're living longer and... DEBORAH MOGGACH DEBORAH SAMPSON DEBORAH SAMPSON DEBORAH SAMPSON Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80... DEBORAH BULL Appropriation was the language of my generation in many ways. It came out of Duchamp, Warhol, Johns,... DEBORAH KASS DEBORAH NORVILLE When I first heard that song, it was a ballad but it had a lot more. It felt like a gospel song when... DEBORAH COX It's almost uncanny to receive a prize named in honor of Bernard Malamud. I must have been in my... DEBORAH EISENBERG 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 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.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 DEBORAH SAMPSON One sees more and more people who are miserable and demented and you feel it would be both kind and ... DEBORAH MOGGACH DEBORAH DAY DEBORAH RANEY 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 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 DEBORAH SAMPSON The song came out to be a gem, just came out to be a really, really interesting rendition of it. DEBORAH COX
I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea... 
They taught me different was wrong. 
Don’t try to fit in; try to change. 
My life is not mine - it is for my people – the humans – the humans of the thinking society. 
Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... 
Try, try, and try again. Never stop trying. 
Well, well, well I am trap in well, half way to hell. 
I think the people should have a right to boycott whoever they want to boycott without the governmen... 
We can surely no longer pretend that our children are growing up into a peaceful, secure, and civili... 
So this is going to be drill!? 
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see... 
It's the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It's seeing all those sunsets tha... 
Some read to learn, some to laugh, and some to live. 
Cam was sitting on the bed, still clothed. His head was lowered, hands braced on his knees in the po... 
We neither of us perform to strangers. 
Truth is irrelevant. What is relevant is whether or not they believe it."
I played the best role in my life. I had a great director. 
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up an... 
I have too much respect for people to try to control them. But they are estranged from love, afraid ... 
In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others ... 
Oh, God — the lives people try to lead.
Opportunities pop up for everybody all of the time. It's the way that we progress. It's whether or n... 
I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... 
My approach with actors is to try and give them whatever it is they need from me. Direction to me is... 
Saints are ordinary people who love Jesus, try to be like him, are faithful to the duties of their s... 
I instinctively try to protect people from filth. 
She doesnt want your dark embrace. She'll let you hold her for a short time but she won’t submit t... 
Uniqueness lies in not comparing oneself to others. 
Unlimited opportunities awaits the person who dare to seek. 
The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... 
It is well to believe that there needs but a little more thought, a little more courage, more love, ... 
Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very w... 
Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very ... 
Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do ver... 
Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very w... 
I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're thems... 
It is weird to see how people sometimes doesn't value and ignore the love and effort of the people w... 
When they try to judge you,
I am not a queen; I am nothing at your service 
I'm in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them ... 
I try to stay on a pretty normal schedule of nine-to-five. 
Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... 
As you may follow, they are an extremely hostile species (i.e. there is no word for ‘welcome’ in... 
From a Hindu perspective, you are born as what you need to deal with, and if you just try and push i... 
People want the here and now, rather than the there and after; as most are living in the where and w... 
For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishi... 
We all feel wistfulness or regret about roads not taken. 
Wrought upon at length, you may say, by an enthusiasm and frenzy that could brook no control - I bur... 
Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only... 
Encourage, lift and strenthen one another. For the positive energy spread to one will be felt by us ... 
Personally, I think if a women hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be lucky 
When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen. 
I've been blessed, acne never knocked on my door. I think I look pretty darn good. 
I became an actor in that important drama with an inflexible resolution to persevere through the las... 
I believe the wedding vows are sacred and precious, and it's been one of my goals as a writer to... 
I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly. 
Repentance is a sweet solace to conscience as well as the most complete atonement to the Supreme Jud...