"all communication is more or less cross-cultural. We learn to use language as we grow up, and growing up in different parts of the country, having different ethnic, religious, or class backgrounds, even just being male or female - all result in different ways of talking ..."

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Source : Deborah Tannen (1986). “That's not what I meant!: how conversational style makes or breaks your relations with others”, William Morrow & Co

Deborah Tannen

#Country Quotes #Religious Quotes #Growing Up Quotes

“There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.”
“Before everything, I used to do this thing when I was upset-I used to take all my feelings and push them down inside me. It was like they were garbage and I was compacting it to get more in. I felt like I could keep pushing all my feelings down into my socks and I wouldn't have to worry about them. I don't think I do that anymore.”
“They miss Rachel and Lillian Rose every minute of every day. It doesn't bring them any comfort to see him standing there and know that their daughter and granddaughter are gone.”
“The only true happiness lies in knowing who you are ... and making peace with it.”
“The greatest time wasted, is the time getting started.”
“A lot of the interesting issues and dynamics within a city occur over things such as socio-economic issues or ethnic issues. But they require a much more elaborate model of human behavior.”
“No, my favorite scene was Brienne finding Arya and The Hound. I thought that the writing and the dialogue and the confusion that spirals into the fight was such a cool scene. I knew I was gonna film it in Iceland and I did a lot of - I really scouted and climbed around Iceland to find those locations and I just couldn't wait to do that.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Happiness is an endowment and not an acquisition. It depends more upon temperament and disposition than environment.”

Source : John James Ingalls (1902). “A Collection of the Writings of John James Ingalls: Essays, Addresses, and Orations”

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