“American popular culture, like individuals in daily life, tends to eit...” — Deborah Tannen Quote

“American popular culture, like individuals in daily life, tends to either romanticize or demonize mothers. We ricochet between 'Everything I ever accomplished I owe to my mother' and 'Every problem I have in my life is my mother's fault.'”

“In some ways, siblings, and especially sisters, are more influential in your childhood than your parents.”

“If you understand gender differences in what I call 'conversational style', you may not be able to prevent disagreements from arising, but you stand a better chance of preventing them from spiraling out of control.”

“I think that I'd like to try to be a superwoman and have kids and work, so we'll see if I can actually accomplish that.”

“I'm going to accomplish my dreams.”

“Well I am grooming him, he has a boxing trainer that knows what he is talking about, and once he has that he is able to put everything together and he listens, and when somebody listens they are able to accomplish anything.”