“ A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life. ”
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“ 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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“ Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's. ”
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“ Life is a matter of dealing with other people, in little matters and cataclysmic ones, and that means a series of conversations. ”
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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. ”
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“ 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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“ 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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“ 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. ”
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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. ”
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“ Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations. ”
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“ Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations. ”
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“ 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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“ 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. ”
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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. ”
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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. ”
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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. ”
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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. ”
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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. ”
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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. ”
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“ Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's. ”
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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. ”
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“ If you come from, say, the northeastern part of the United States when you're listening you need to show you're alive. You need to talk along. That's the way you show you're interested. But in many parts of the United States if you talk along, that's rude, that's interruption… ”
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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. ”
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“ 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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“ Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's. ”
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