In dialogue, there is opposition, yes, but no head-on collision. Smashing heads does not open minds.

For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.

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

Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with maleness.

Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication

Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver.

We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has

Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.

The desire for freedom and independence becomes more of an issue for many men in relationships, whereas interdependence and connection become more of an issue for many women.

More men feel comfortable doing "public speaking," while more women feel comfortable doing "private" speaking.

We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.

This should have been a red flag, I realize in retrospect. Working really hard on anything is, by definition, not cool.

Undoubtedly, Patsy Cline was a trailblazer and in that respect, all women who are singular in a man's field have a special power.

If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her; if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the chase, and the approbation of my dog would forsake me.

The Organization of American States couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel.

Where the sun sets, love rises!

How did you die?" "We er....drowned in a bathtub." "All three of you?" "It was a big bathtub.

Drink wine, and live here blitheful while ye may; The morrow's life too late is; live to-day.

Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous.

I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind.

I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made President.