"Relationships are made of talk – and talk is for girls and women." ― Deborah Tannen Topic(s): Women More From Deborah Tannen "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." "The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation – or a relationship." "Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other’s." More In Women "I was one of the first women producers in Hollywood."― Betty White "I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars."― Erma Bombeck "My main goal is to stay healthy because when you’re injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health."― Maria Sharapova