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There are many tough conversations, but one of the most difficult is between a parent and an adolescent daughter, partly because as a parent we are almost always attempting to relate to someone who is no longer there.

~David Whyte

Topics: Adolescent Almost Always Attempting Because Between Conversations Daughter Difficult Longer Many Most Parent Partly Relate Someone Tough Who

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I take pride in knowing the NFL is pink in October, sparking conversations everywhere about breast cancer and prevention, all in the spirit of my mom.

~Deangelo Williams

Topics: About Breast Cancer Cancer Conversations Everywhere Knowing Mom October Pink Prevention Pride Spirit Take Nfl

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Growing up a lonely only child prepared me for the years of solitude spent as a writer; years spent in the company of people who don't exist, imaginary people you have conversations with. It's a paid form of madness, this writing stuff.

~Debi Gliori

Topics: Child Company Conversations Exist Form Growing Growing Up Imaginary Lonely Madness Me Only Only Child Paid People Prepared Solitude Spent Stuff Up Who Writer Writing Years You

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The contrasting focus on connection versus hierarchy also sheds light on innumerable adult conversations - and frustrations. Say a woman tells another about a personal problem and hears in response, 'I know how you feel' or 'the same thing happens to me.' The resulting 'troubles talk' reinforces the connection between them.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: About Adult Also Another Between Connection Contrasting Conversations Feel Focus Frustrations Happens Hears Hierarchy How Know Light Me Personal Problem Response Resulting Same Same Thing Say Sheds Talk Tells Them Thing Troubles Versus Woman You

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Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Conversations Each Life Lived Person Series

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I've long believed that if you understand how conversational styles work, you can make adjustments in conversations to get what you want in your relationships.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Adjustment Believed Conversational Conversations Get How Long Make Relationships Styles Understand Want Work You Your

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Conversations with sisters can spark extremes of anger or extremes of love. Everything said between sisters carries meaning not only from what was just said but from all the conversations that came before - and 'before' can span a lifetime. The layers of meaning combine profound connection with equally profound competition.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Anger Before Between Came Carries Combine Competition Connection Conversations Equally Everything Extremes Just Layers Lifetime Love Meaning Only Profound Said Sisters Span Spark

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In this world, conversations are negotiations for closeness in which people try to seek and give confirmation and support, and to reach consensus. They try to protect themselves from others' attempts to push them away.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Attempts Away Closeness Confirmation Consensus Conversations Give Negotiations Others People Protect Push Reach Seek Support Them Themselves Try Which World

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My job is to analyze conversations and discover why communications fail.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Analyze Communications Conversations Discover Fail Job Why

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My interest in the linguistic differences between women and men grew from research I conducted early in my career on conversations between speakers of different ethnic and regional backgrounds.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Backgrounds Between Career Conversations Differences Different Early Ethnic Grew Interest Linguistic Men Regional Research Speakers Women Women And Men

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