“Relationships are made of talk – and talk is for girls and women.”
— Deborah Tannen
Author: Deborah Tannen
Category: women
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Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling
“Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.”
— Deborah Tannen
Author: Deborah Tannen
Category: communication
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The biggest mistake is believing there is
“The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation – or a relationship.”
— Deborah Tannen
Author: Deborah Tannen
Category: relationship
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Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling
“Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.”
— Deborah Tannen
Author: Deborah Tannen
Category: alone
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We tend to look through language and
“We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has.”
— Deborah Tannen
Author: Deborah Tannen
Category: power
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