#couple

The American Dream, coupled with government subsidies of utilities and cheap consumer goods courtesy of slave labour somewhere else, has kept the poor huddled masses from rising up. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#american dream #cheap #consumer #coupled #courtesy

In a couple of years, the Chinese will be seen as regular participants in international industry. Their companies have to report to shareholders as well as to the Chinese authorities. They need to make money, they have to be efficient. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

#chinese #companies #couple #efficient #industry

Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there. ↗

— Paul Getty

#airplane #before #catch #couples #into

If you go to most third world countries, the older woman dispenses advice to the arguing couple while other members of the family, or even the village, sit around and listen. It is no big deal. ↗

— Trisha Goddard

#arguing #around #big #big deal #countries

The science linking the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather to the climate crisis has matured tremendously in the last couple of years. ↗

— Al Gore

#couple #crisis #extreme #frequency #increased

A couple of people thought I looked familiar, but it was like, No. ↗

— Pras Michel

#familiar #i #like #looked #people

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#difficult #how #lose #makes #realize

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#difficult #how #lose #makes #realize

A lot of student directors used to pick other students to be in their graduate films, so. I ended up doing a couple of them just for fun. Eventually, I got an agent through a friend and I did some commercials; then I got Knots Landing. ↗

— Brian Austin Green

#commercials #couple #did #directors #doing

I want to see gay couples stuck with their significant other at Home Depot with that far away look in their eye, get me out of here. ↗

— David Alan Grier

#couples #depot #eye #far #far away