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1 " Our country is failing to live up to its promise of opportunity and fairness. It used to be true that if you went to college and you worked hard, you could count on having a decent middle-class life - but that's just not true anymore. Economic and political changes that have occurred over the past three decades have made the middle-class American dream for today's twenty- and thirtysomethings far less possible than it was for their parents' generation. It's not that we're lazy, that we have no work ethic, or that we have outrageous spending habits. It's that we've been screwed. "
― , The Assistants
2 " We took our food order to go, in greasy paper bags, and walked across Columbus Circle to Central Park. He helped me up the giant prehistoric-looking rock just off the playground. "
3 " The problem is that nobody talks about what they make. It's shame disguised as humility. Screw that. I'm a thirty-two-year-old assistant and I make $30,000 a year. "
4 " I am in no way an adrenaline-seeker. I’m much more of an irritable bowel syndrome kind of gal, really. And rest assured, my bowels were highly irritated by all the stress. "
5 " At this point, I will make like Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell and call a time out... "
6 " I was a real sucker for shiny lights and tall buildings. "
7 " So I couldn’t just pack my blue IKEA sack and go—I had to do the right thing. I had to preserve what was left of the goodness in my soul. But for the record, this was exactly why I never wanted to have friends. So much for being an island. Thanks "
8 " A hero is no braver than an ordinary woman, but she is brave five minutes longer. (That's me piggybacking on Emerson.) "
9 " I was basically the Holden Caulfield of adult dating. "
10 " Für das, was ich brauchte, um mir einen Computer zu kaufen, der nicht plötzlich selbst entschied, wann er runterfuhr, ließ er seinen Mercedes mit einem seltenen, ganz speziellen Wachs behandeln, vermutlich aus der Plazenta von Babydinosauriern hergestellt. (...) "
11 " Was sagte ich denn da? Deine Leute? Warum redete ich auf einmal wie Pa in Unsere kleine Farm? "
12 " We’re not only the ninety-nine percent, we’re the assistants to the one percent. There’s power in that.” I "
