"Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication"

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Source : Deborah Tannen (2013). “You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation”, p.42, Harper Collins

Deborah Tannen

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“The well-being and the hopes of the peoples of the world can never be served until peace - as well as freedom, honor and self-respect - is secure.”

Source : "Some Reflections on Peace in Our Time". Ralph Bunche's Nobel lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1950.
“She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.”

Source : Julia Quinn (2007). “The secret diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever”
“I've been here for eight years and I'm going into my 13th season. There's nothing I'd have liked better than to retire as a Jet. But the reality is, they released me. My goal now is not to break the bank. I did that twice already with my original contract and a restructuring. It's about winning a championship, and from this point forward, I'm going to go to the team that gives me the best chance to win a Super Bowl.”
“There were schools and hospitals who were ready to take people with undescribed injuries, but not necessarily ready to take people with severe radiation poisoning.”
“If you want to do something to destroy consumer spending, just eat away at the middle class because the other problem we have is the structural problem of middle class America.”
“Sometimes I have young comics that ask me, "What should I do when I meet an agent or a manager and they ask me stuff?" And I say, "Well, they always usually ask, 'Where do you see yourself in five years, 10 years, 15 years?' And it's good to have an answer for that."”
“Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.”
“Certes, je sortirai quant a'Â Â moi satisfait D'un monde oÂ u' l'action n'est pas la soeur du re"Â ve. Indeed, for my part, I shall be happy to leave A world where action is not sister to the dream.”

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