Quotes about Deborah Tannen

For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way...

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Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's.

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Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations.

#Deborah Tannen

Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To...

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We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has.

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We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives...

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The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to...

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Relationships are made of talk - and talk is for girls and women.

#Deborah Tannen