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Quote by Deborah Tannen
Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicti

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. – Deborah Tannen

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