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• People say that one of the most important things about being an actor is to have thick skin, but I don't think that's it. Because you can't just walk around being tough, you have to be able to be vulnerable to do this. So really, it's about not being defensive.

  Jess Weixler

  Thinking, People, Important

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• My goal was to do the best job I could in governing the state of Wisconsin, in some cases making very tough decisions to have to bring our spending in line with the resources we had at the state level.

  Scott McCallum

  Jobs, Best Job, Goal

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• That's why I made decisions; they were tough decisions but we shouldn't feel bad at all - don't look back with any regrets, that's how I made decisions as governor.

  Scott McCallum

  Regret, Decision, Looks

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• I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It's a tough age, period.

  Bill Skarsgard

  Age, Periods, Deals

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• Writing a column, a weekly column for the New York Times, is really tough, and I wasn't prepared for the demands that that involved.

  David Plotz

  New York, Writing, Demand

  Source: www.slate.com

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• Who's got the most heartbreaking voice? I don't know. Tough question.

  J. Robbins

  Voice, Tough Questions, Heartbreaking

  "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.

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• This is the eighth game in the series and when we work on a Mario Kart title, we work on courses and we create them and then we work on them again, and again, and again, and we revise until we come up with something that we think is going to be fun for everyone to play over and over again. So we have a lot of confidence in our ability to do so, but we understand what a tough challenge it is to create those courses.

  Hideki Konno

  Fun, Thinking, Mario Kart

  "Why Mario Kart 8 doesn't let players design tracks" by Chris Pereira & Jose Otero, www.ign.com. April 3, 2014.

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• I have a theory that women are generally given space and appointed to jobs when the situation is tough. I've observed that in many instances. In times of crisis, women eventually are called upon to sort out the mess, face the difficult issues and be completely focused on restoring the situation.

  Christine Lagarde

  Jobs, Issues, Space

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• You're always learning about yourself, if you're honest with yourself. It's very tough to be honest with yourself. We all are dishonest with ourselves, a lot of the time. We don't want to deal with something, so we compartmentalize it.

  Geoff Johns

  Want, Honest, About Yourself

  Source: collider.com

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• You mustn't confuse the need for effective chairmanship, which is part of the job of the boss, along with the ability to take tough decisions and to lead people.

  Charles Kennedy

  Jobs, People, Decision

  "Kennedy defends his style" by Oliver King, Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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• You know, I can get kind of spunky or I can get tough, you know, that kind of tough, sexy look. But sexy? No, I don't think so.

  Reba McEntire

  Sexy, Thinking, Looks

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The belief in potential human virtue underlies the whole idea of the Bill of Rights; the document is a very tough guardian of that belief.

  Roger Rosenblatt

  Rights, Ideas, Bills

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• Taxes shouldn't be higher; they should be fairer. We must be a party that's disciplined. We must make tough choices.

  Vince Cable

  Party, Choices, Should

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• The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.

  Adolf Galland

  Battle, Want, Ifs

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• I enjoy every win that I have. Every win gives me satisfaction, because all the girls are competitive and the tour is so even and tough.

  Anna Kournikova

  Girl, Winning, Giving

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• Republicans want to be tough and say, 'Illegals, you're gone.' But the answer is a lot more complex than that.

  Susana Martinez

  Gone, Answers, Want

  "New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez Assails Romney's Immigration Views" by Elizabeth Llorente, www.foxnews.com. May 15, 2012.

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• My identity was a big issue when I was a teenager, and I had a lot of questions, like: 'Who am I?' 'Who do I belong to?' But when I was still quite young, I decided that belonging is a tough process in life, and I'd better say I belonged to myself and the world rather than belonging to one nationality or another.

  Hiam Abbass

  Teenager, Issues, Identity

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• What makes you tough is your mindset and I believe anyone can be tough.

  Rickson Gracie

  Believe, Mma, Mindset

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• Living ain't easy, loving's twice as tough.

  Bobby Vee

  Expression, Easy

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• It's always tough for me to make a movie, and then sit on an airplane and watch somebody watch it on their phone.

  Harvey Weinstein

  Movie, Airplane, Phones

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• Mob guys had muscle, and where in hell do you think employers got the tough guys when they wanted to break a strike?

  Jimmy Hoffa

  Thinking, Guy, Hell

  "Hoffa The Real Story" by Jimmy Hoffa, (p. 92), 1975.

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• Chicago actors are hard-nosed. They're tough on themselves and their fellow actors. They're self-demanding.

  Bill Murray

  Self, Chicago, Actors

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• It's easy to be a bad ass, it's easy to act like a bad ass, easy to act like a tough guy, it's easy to be a diva, and it's easy to be self absorbed. The list goes on and on but to me, I always just find it more important to be nice and kind.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Nice, Bad Ass, Self

  "FASTER THE CHRONICLES: Dwayne Johnson – Exclusive Interview that Covers FASTER, FAST FIVE, THE OTHER GUYS, 3D, More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. November 15, 2010.

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• I hate trying to play charming. Thinking about being charming is really tough.

  Freddie Stroma

  Hate, Thinking, Play

  Source: collider.com

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• There have been so many people that have come up and embraced me as an example of what it's like to face something tough and just get up the next day and keep pushing.

  Ann Romney

  Next Day, People, Example

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