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I've had a very lucky life because I'm of this generation where everything was possible.

~Deborah Moggach

Topics: Because Everything Generation Had Life Lucky Possible This Generation Very Where

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Whining writers are a hideous sight; we should really shut up, because we are lucky if we can cobble together a living from all of this.

~Deborah Moggach

Topics: Because Hideous Living Lucky Really Should Shut Shut Up Sight Together Up Whining Writers

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I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I swerved from the accustomed flowery paths of female delicacy.

~Deborah Sampson

Topics: Accustomed Acknowledge Am Because Call Delicacy Done Error Female Indeed Paths Presumption Will Willing I Am

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In a world of status, independence is key, because a primary means of establishing status is to tell others what to do, and taking orders is a marker of low status. Though all humans need both intimacy and independence, women tend to focus on the first and men on the second. It is as if their lifeblood ran in different directions.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Because Both Different Different Directions Directions Establishing First Focus Humans Independence Intimacy Key Low Means Men Need Orders Others Primary Ran Second Status Taking Tell Tend Though Women World

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When women told me they'd always wished they had a sister, they were thinking of this ideal of mutual encouragement and support. Many of those who have sisters also yearn for this ideal because their relationships with their sisters don't always live up to it.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Also Always Because Encouragement Had Ideal Live Many Me Mutual Relationships Sister Sisters Support Thinking Those Up Were Who Wished Women Yearn

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My mother cared a lot about clothes. It was a point of friction because when I was a teenager, and I only wanted to wear my father's shirts, and I never wanted to wear makeup, she would say: 'Put on lipstick.' That was her thing.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: About Because Cared Clothes Father Friction Her Lipstick Lot Makeup Mother Never Only Point Put Say She Shirts Teenager Thing Wanted Wear Would

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In my own writing, I avoid 'female' and try to say 'woman' because I feel that the word 'female' has connotations of not just biology but also non-human mammals. The idea of 'female' to me is more appropriate for a female animal.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Also Animal Appropriate Avoid Because Biology Feel Female Idea Just Mammals Me More My Own Own Say Try Woman Word Writing I Feel

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Everything we say has metamessages indicating how our words are to be interpreted: Is this a serious statement or a joke? Does it show annoyance or goodwill? Most of the time, metamessages are communicated and interpreted without notice because, as far as anyone can tell, the speaker and the hearer agree on their meaning.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Agree Annoyance Anyone As Far As Because Does Everything Far Goodwill How Interpreted Joke Meaning Most Notice Our Say Serious Show Speaker Statement Tell Time Without Words

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It's an interesting point about sisters not getting the same attention as parents and children, and even brothers. I suspect it's just because women didn't count that much and weren't the ones writing the accounts.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: About Accounts Attention Because Brothers Children Count Even Getting Interesting Just Just Because Much Parents Point Same Sisters Suspect Were Women Writing

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The culture of critique undermines the spirit not only of people in public roles but of those who read about them, afraid to believe in anyone or anything because the next story... will tell them why they shouldn't.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: About Afraid Anyone Anything Because Believe Critique Culture Next Only People Public Read Roles Spirit Story Tell Them Those Who Why Will

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