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About Deborah Tannen
American author and linguist
Deborah Tannen is an American author and linguist, associated with Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She is best known for You Just Don't Understand, and has 105 quotes on the site. She has also served as a McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University. Her work and academic roles place her in the study of language and communication, especially the ways people understand one another.
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- “For women, detailed conversation is our lifeblood, while for men it's just not as critical.”Deborah Tannen
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- “The political Right is particularly vehement when it comes to compromise. Conservatives are now strongly sway…”Deborah Tannen
- “Sister relationships span a huge range, from best friends to worst enemies. From 'I adore her; I talk to her…”Deborah Tannen
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- “All Christian language about the future is a set of signposts pointing into a mist.”N.T. Wright
- “It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things.”Oscar Wilde
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- “But when you're writing a script - for me anyway - you have to sort of create an enforced innocence. You have…”David Cronenberg
- “I think I'm a writer, and it's my job. People in other professions are expected to do their jobs all the time…”Richard Greenberg
- “When I'm writing, I don't really have much other guide than, 'As a reader, how would I respond to this?'”Ann Leckie