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

Relationships are made of talk – and talk is for girls and women. – Deborah Tannen

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

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relationship
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Deborah Tannen
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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. – Deborah Tannen

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alone
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Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women. – Kate Smith

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If a woman must make a fool of herself, the least a man can do is to let her be one in her own way. – When Ladies Meet, 1941 movie written by Rachel Crothers, John Meehan, Leon Gordo

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No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women… When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women. – Bell Hooks

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In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard that Black women are more easily hired than are Black men. – Audre Lorde

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