Deborah Tannen

Deborah Tannen

Deborah Frances Tannen (born June 7, 1945) is an American academic and professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C..

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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.

Tags: Alone, Others, Rather

Deborah Tannen

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

Tags: Corrupts, Unlimited, Possessor

Deborah Tannen

The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.

Tags: Life, God, Come

Deborah Tannen

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

Tags: Friendship, Love, Men

Deborah Tannen