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Deborah Tannen Quotes
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Type: Sociologist Quotes Category: American Sociologist Quotes Date of Birth: June 7, 1945 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Deborah Tannen Related Authors: Todd Gitlin Charles Horton Cooley Kenneth L. Pike Lewis Mumford Talcott Parsons James S. Coleman Thomas E. Mann Kelly Miller |
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 Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations. Deborah Tannen Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's. Deborah Tannen For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships. Deborah Tannen Relationships are made of talk - and talk is for girls and women. Deborah Tannen The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship. Deborah Tannen We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups. Deborah Tannen We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has. Deborah Tannen |
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