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Author: Deborah Tannen
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A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life.
A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life.
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Deborah Tannen
A sister is someone who owns part of what you own: a house, perhaps, or a less tangible legacy, like memories of your childhood and the experience of your family.
A sister is someone who owns part of what you own: a house, perhaps, or a less tangible legacy, like memories of your childhood and the experience of your family.
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Deborah Tannen
For many women, and a fair number of men, saying 'I'm sorry' isn't literally an apology; it's a ritual way of restoring balance to a conversation.
For many women, and a fair number of men, saying 'I'm sorry' isn't literally an apology; it's a ritual way of restoring balance to a conversation.
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Deborah Tannen
For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.
For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.
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Deborah Tannen
We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has.
We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has.
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Deborah Tannen
Where the daughter sees power, the mother feels powerless. Daughters and mothers, I found, both overestimate the other's power - and underestimate their own.
Where the daughter sees power, the mother feels powerless. Daughters and mothers, I found, both overestimate the other's power - and underestimate their own.
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Deborah Tannen
The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.
The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.
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Deborah Tannen
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