Maybe we’re kind of predisposed to think that anything a politician does is calculated and therefore suspect. Deborah Tannen Read Quote
There is probably no such thing as a level playing field in political campaigns. Deborah Tannen Read Quote
When Clinton first appeared on the national stage back in 1992, the young wife of the Arkansas governor running for president, she kept her natural-brown hair off her face with a headband. Deborah Tannen Read Quote
When evidence emerged that Clinton was a devoted mother, Margaret Carlson writing in ‘TIME’ found her guilty of ‘yuppie overdoting on her daughter.’ Deborah Tannen Read Quote
While the requirements of a good leader and a good man are similar, the requirements of a good leader and a good woman are mutually exclusive. A good leader must be tough, but a good woman must not be. A good woman must be self-deprecating, but a good leader must not be. Deborah Tannen Read Quote
A sister is the one person you can call in the middle of the night when you can’t sleep or the one who doesn’t want to hear about your problems unless you’re ready to do something about them. She’s the one who is there when you need her or the one whose absence when you need her hurts the most. Deborah Tannen Read Quote
Back when the powerful 19th-century senator Henry Clay was called ‘the great compromiser,’ achieving a compromise really was considered great. Deborah Tannen Read Quote
Conflict can’t be avoided in our public lives any more than we can avoid conflict with people we love. One of the great strengths of our society is that we can express these conflicts openly. Deborah Tannen Read Quote
Our spirits are corroded by living in an atmosphere of unrelenting contention – an argument culture. Deborah Tannen Read Quote