“There's not a lot of room anymore for what I call 'made-up' drama. The drama comes from real places now - marriage takes work and focus, the kid stuff takes patience and commitment. And if you don't grow as people and as a couple, within all of that, then you've got some real drama.” PeopleIfsMadeRealKidsGrowsStuffRoomsFocusCoupleDramaCommitment Author:Jeremy Sisto
“The last couple of years have been a write-off, though I'm beginning to feel like a person now. My energy is coming back.” FeelsWritingYearsPersonsHas BeensLastsEnergyCoupleComing Back Author:Maggie Smith
“I went to a couple Academy Awards parties and I was definitely like, 'Whoa, no one will talk to me.'” PartyCoupleAwardsAcademyTalk To MeAcademy Awards Author:Matt Stone
“There are things that I value now that I didn't when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of my life over the last couple years.” YearsFirstsLastsValuesBuddhismCoupleZen Buddhism Author:Matthew Sweet
“Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express.” KnowsDoeHappensBeautifulRichDoubtCoupleBoardsNo DoubtSpyBeautiful WomenDukesAnything Can Happen Author:Morley Safer
“I've had a couple of guys that I've had co-produce records with me through my career, and it's fun to work with a co-producer.” GuyFunCareersRecordsProduceCoupleProducers Author:Ricky Skaggs
“Still, most people don't have much money. So finding ways to come out a couple of thousand dollars ahead every year still matters.” PeopleWayYearsStillsMatterCoupleThousandFindingsDollars Author:Andrew Tobias
“When do you know it's time to say, 'OK, that's it?' That is the most difficult part of any decision like that because you don't want to throw the 'R' word out there. I've mentioned it a couple times, but not in the sense that I'm doing it. That word is very fragile. We'll see.” KnowsWantDifficultDecisionCoupleDo You KnowFragile Author:Jim Thome
“I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit it, you're able to hit it with a couple of short sharp shots... it's a beautiful thing.” BelieveAbleBeautifulI BelieveCoupleShotsCapabilityBeautiful ThingsPrecisionMosquitoes Author:Alexis Arguello
“I first became interested in style when I was 16 and I had my first couple of gigs. I realised I couldn't look like the people I was performing to. Not in a condescending way, but just that it would be weird if I was wearing exactly what someone in the crowd was wearing.” PeopleIfsWayFirstsLooksWould BeStyleCoupleCrowdsPerformingGigsRealisedCondescending Author:Tinie Tempah
“It's my belief that, like every other American, gay and lesbian couples should be able to make a lifetime commitment to the person they love and protect their families.” ShouldPersonsAbleBeliefCoupleGayProtectCommitmentLifetimeLifetime Commitment Author:Mark Udall
“I probably won't be able to hear it until five years from now anyway. That's when I always hear my own music. It takes five years to sit down with it after not hearing it for a couple of years.” YearsAbleMy OwnFiveCoupleHearingFive Years Author:Alan Vega
“I did a couple songs with this hip-hop guy named Tim Dark. He was working in the same studio I've been working in, he heard my music and he said, aw man, I've got to do something with you.” MenSaidGuySongDarkHeardCoupleHip HopStudiosHipsHops Author:Alan Vega
“I'm as much my own master as anyone can be, without being the master of others. I can write anywhere - all I need is a couple of hours of solitude and a computer, and I can write a chapter. Since my work is portable, I can live anywhere I like.” NeedsWritingI CanHoursMy OwnMastersCoupleSolitudeComputerChapters Author:Stuart Woods
“In a relationship when things are really great you don't need to say anything and just enjoy the other person. Sometimes with a couple, it gets dark and you don't know what to say and that silence can last all day. Other times you don't want to stop talking because you don't want to lose one another.” KnowsWantNeedsPersonsSometimesLastsEnjoyLosesDarkSilenceTalkingCoupleReally GreatSay Anything Author:Anton Yelchin
“I personally think that a couple of pounds a week - maybe rising to almost £3 a week - is a reasonable price for Britain to achieve a degree of energy security to reduce its total dependence on fossil fuels and to honour its commitments to cut green house gases.” ThinkingHouseEnergyCuttingWeekAchieveSecurityCoupleDegreesCommitmentGreenRisingFuelBritainReasonablePoundsHonourDependenceFossilsFossil FuelBurning Fossil FuelsEnergy Security Author:Tim Yeo
“Bill Pearson is definitely a man to talk to, especially in the afternoon when he's had a couple of drinks because he's got so many stories and anecdotes.” MenStoriesCoupleDrinkBillsAfternoonAnecdotes Author:Duncan Jones
“I was interning at a children's theater group in Kentucky - that was my first job out of college. I had jumped around a couple of regional theaters, and I was about to go back to Maine to work at a summer Shakespeare theater there. I didn't want to just jump around the country from gig to gig. I really wanted to go to a city and get involved in a theater scene and a theater community.” WantFirstsChildrenCountryWantedJobsCommunityCitiesGroupsCollegeCoupleInvolvedSceneSummerTheaterGet InvolvedGigsKentuckyMaine Author:Timothy Simons
“Want to know the key to a long-lasting relationship? Don't go with your loved one to Ikea. One psychologist says the stress of a visit to the popular furniture store can cause serious friction between couples, whether it's disputes over what to buy or spats while you assemble the items that you bought there.” KnowsWantLongCausesSeriousKeysCoupleStressStoresLastingLoved OnesFurnitureItemsDisputesPsychologistFrictionLong LastingSpatsIkeaLasting RelationshipLong Lasting Relationship Author:Juan Williams
“It is winter time, my friend; buy couple of breads; find a place calm and quiet and feed the birds; and for this action of yours, ask no more reward than their cheerful singings!” ActionAsksCoupleQuietSingingBirdMy FriendsRewardsWinterCalmBreadCheerfulWinter Time Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“I started acting when I was 13 in New York. Worked there for a couple years, then auditioned for a show there that was going to be filming here. Ended up coming out, getting the job and just staying.” YearsShowsJobsActingNew YorkCoupleStayingComing Out Author:Kristanna Loken
“I would say that most of my books are contemporary realistic fiction... a couple, maybe three, fall into the 'historic fiction' category. Science fiction is not a favorite genre of mine, though I have greatly enjoyed some of the work of Ursula LeGuin. I haven't read much science fiction so I don't know other sci-fi authors.” KnowsBookFallThreeFictionHavensMinesCoupleScience FictionContemporaryEnjoyedGenreCategoriesRealisticSci FiHistoricRealistic Fiction Author:Lois Lowry
“If you ask any couple who have been married 50 years or longer, they will tell you they've experienced it all. The same is true of the Beach Boys.” IfsYearsHas BeensAsksBoysCoupleMarriedBeachBeach Boys Author:Mike Love
“I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. 'It's a job, Al,' Guy told me. 'We work at it every day.'” KnowsJobsGuyMonthsCoupleMarriedSevenDespiteAlsFabulousSeven Months Book:Oh, the Things I Know! Source: Oh, the Things I Know!
“I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys - and the challenges - of marriage to anyone. Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.” ThinkingWantShouldAbleJoyChallengesCoupleGayMarriedUnderstoodCommittedDeny Author:Al Franken
“Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He's helped me out on a couple of occasions when I've given speeches to corporations where he'd have a good... He'd give me some good information.” KnowsGivingGivenInformationCoupleHeroSpeechGive MeOccasionsCorporationsGood Information Author:Al Franken
“There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the people were very interested in talking about it.” PeopleThinkingWantYearsTalkingCoupleExceptionForty Author:Walter Lord
“Films are really cool because, every couple months, or however many times you can get a job because there's a lot of luck involved in that, you're playing a different character.” DifferentCharacterJobsFilmMonthsCoupleInvolvedLuckReally CoolDifferent Characters Author:Zachary Levi
“For any couple, once you delve into the idea of non-monogamy, you're entering pretty frightening territory.” IdeasCoupleTerritoryFrighteningEnteringMonogamy Author:Zoe Lister-Jones
“One of the things that I found very confronting in my early working life was that people thought I was some sensitive doe-eyed lovelorn boy, because they'd seen me do that a couple of times. What tends to happen is you get a run of similar roles.” PeopleDoeHappensRunningFoundBoysRolesCoupleSensitiveConfrontingWorking Life Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“A couple of compromises in a row and suddenly you're very far way from the person you thought you were.” WayPersonsCoupleCompromise Author:Brit Marling
“When you do a play, you do it for a couple months, and it just gets in your bones. You can learn about somebody that way.” WayPlayMonthsCoupleBones Author:Chris Messina
“I really like playing other people. There is no other feeling like it, to have a different voice come out of you and to have a different life for a couple of hours. I like being myself. But maybe it's like you ride a bike every day and someone says, 'For two hours tonight do you want to ride this Harley?' You'd be like, 'OK yeah!” PeopleWantTwoDifferentFeelingsVoiceHoursLike YouCoupleYeahTonightBikeBeing MyselfDifferent LifeHarleyDifferent Voices Author:Cristin Milioti
“When children arrive, or when some crisis occurs, couples don't have the resources to deal with it because they've been so busy getting on with their lives. They haven't learned how to sit down and discuss things.” ChildrenDealsHavensCoupleResourcesDown AndCrisisBusy Author:Janet McTeer
“My wife is the host of Big Brother. Her name is Julie Chen, and she'll say, "Da da da,* but first* we do this." So they mashed together her saying "but first" a couple dozen times. Literally. In different outfits. And when you cut it together like that, it appears very robotlike. They called her the Chenbot.” FirstsDifferentBigsTogetherNamesCuttingWifeBrotherCoupleMy WifeHostDozenOutfits Author:Leslie Moonves
“One of my favorite programs that we didn't make is Rescue Time. It runs in the corner of my computer and tracks how much time I spend on different things. I realized that even though I was doing e-mail only a couple of minutes at a time, it was adding up to a couple of hours a day. So I'm trying to reduce that.” TryingDifferentRunningHoursMinutesCoupleComputerProgramMy FavoriteTrackCornersI RealizedDifferent ThingsMailRescue Author:Matt Mullenweg
“One of the things I've really gotten past in the last couple of years is the idea of being made uncomfortable by the way things appear, rather than how things are. Clearly in this business you have to contend with a lot of that.” WayYearsMadeIdeasLastsPastCoupleUncomfortable Author:Aimee Mann
“I love the theatre. It's a perfect life for an actor: you can do a couple of movies and then go and do a play, and then go back and do another movie. It's a nice way to live your life.” WayPlayActorsCan DoPerfectNiceCoupleTheatreLive Your LifeWay To LivePerfect Life Author:Alfred Molina
“When you love somebody, it's like in a couple - you want to create something. Sometimes, it's a baby.” WantSometimesBabyCouple Author:Catherine Malandrino
“I started a trial period a couple of weeks ago as a correspondent for 'Extra,' and now it's become full time.” WeekCouplePeriodsTrialsExtras Author:Holly Madison
“The last couple relationships I had were long distance. It's not like I can make much of an effort to travel and see anybody. The guy had to do all the work, unfortunately.” LongI CanLastsGuyEffortCoupleDistanceLong Distance Author:Holly Madison
“I've never gone out with a guy who is older than me by more than a couple years. Usually it's my age, a little bit older, or even a little bit younger. But not a 15- or 20-year difference.” YearsLittlesAgeGuyBitsDifferencesGoneCoupleLittle Bit Author:Sofia Vergara
“In real life, we do things out of character, constantly. A couple of days ago, my shoes were hurting, so I walked barefoot through New York. Someone who has known me my whole life would think that was so out of character. But I did it because of the circumstances.” ThinkingRealWholeCharacterHurtKnownNew YorkCoupleCircumstancesShoesWhole LifeReal LifeBarefoot Author:Allison Williams
“I wanted to be a stage actor but I got stuck on television. It took a couple of years to get used to.” YearsWantedUsedActorsStageTelevisionCoupleStuckStage Actors Author:Kevin Whately
“You would think that Freddy Couples-Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins, it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time.” ThinkingMatterWould BeTeamCoupleBeatsSkinsHittingRight Time Author:Fuzzy Zoeller
“I was out in L.A. and I had gone to film school and I was out here for a couple of years. For a lot of years, I was bartending and having a good time.” YearsSchoolFilmGoneCoupleGood TimesHaving A Good TimeFilm SchoolBartending Author:Justin Zackham
“In the next couple of years, part of every film's process is going to be to adjust the images. And it'll be to change the color of an actor's tie or change the little smirky thing he's doing with his mouth. Or you can put in more clouds or move the tree a little bit.” YearsLittlesFilmMovingNextActorsBitsProcessTreeColorCoupleLittle BitMouthsCloudsTies Author:Robert Zemeckis
“I asked a couple of months ago if anyone would like to start picketing the gas stations.” IfsMonthsCoupleGasStationsGas StationsPicketing Author:Ron Ziegler