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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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- “If you talk to your friends the way your parents talk, they will think you are stiff and odd.”Deborah Tannen
- “New Yorkers seem to think the best thing two people can do is talk.”Deborah Tannen
- “חיבור ותחרות גם יחד הם כוחות המניעים את כל מערכות היחסים באשר הן; אבל הם עזים וגלויים במיוחד בין אחיות.”Deborah Tannen
- “אחות היא האדם היודע בדיוק איך זה היה לגדול בבית שבו גדלת את, עם ההורים שהיו לך. אבל היא יכולה להיות גם זו שתא…”Deborah Tannen
Purpose: more sayings
- “Raffin appeared again, a floor above her, on the balconied passageway that ran past his workrooms. He leaned…”Kristin Cashore
- “If you build it well, a satisfaction comesAn honor to say I built that with fidelity,Purpose, value and integ…”Richard L. Ratliff
- “Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.”Chuck Klosterman
Writing: more sayings
- “I'm not a go-out-with-a-band artist. I'm an intimate, storytelling folk artist. It guides the writing and mak…”Shawn Colvin
- “As with all other aspects of the narrative art, you will improve with practice, but practice will never make…”Stephen King
- “When I'm acting, that's all I'm doing. When I'm not acting, I'm not thinking about acting. If I'm writing, I'…”Hill Harper