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• It doesn't take courage to drink too much and be wild or jump around. That doesn't take any kind of boldness, just riding a motorcycle or whatever the idea of being tough is. Tough is having four kids. Tough is committing to life and being disciplined.

  Angelina Jolie

  Kids, Ideas, Motorcycle

  "Acting and Politics Are Sometimes a Very Bad Combination". Interview with Lars-Olav Beier and Andreas Borcholte, www.spiegel.de. August 28, 2007.

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• Unless you do the same thing, it's tough for stereotypes to stick. That said, whatever you've done that's most popular at a given moment is what people think "you do."

  John C. Reilly

  Thinking, People, Done

  Source: collider.com

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• My goal is to leave the producer with so many good takes, that he or she has a tough time deciding on the best one.

  Rob Paulsen

  Goal, Tough Times, Producers

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• I always wanted to have my own farm. I've never been able to achieve that. It's kinda tough.

  Hank Williams III

  Able, Achieve, Wanted

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• I definitely think we need to lean more on God. And I do think we need to praise, because we need to give it outward. You know, whenever you think you're in tough circumstances, there's always somebody who's in a worse position than you.

  Queen Latifah

  Thinking, Giving, Needs

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• Having a belief in God, being able to find joy, despite your circumstances or put yourself outside of yourself, and stop looking inwards and look outwards a little bit really helps to carry through tough times. Giving makes you feel better.

  Queen Latifah

  Feel Better, Giving, Tough Times

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• Life is tough and it's tough whether you're famous or not famous. And in the end it's probably better to be famous because the perks are better. You get better seats at the basketball game, and you get better tables and reservations places. If I call a doctor on Saturday morning I can get him. There's a lot of things, indulgences that you don't get, if you're not famous. Now I'm not saying it's fair. But I can't say that I don't enjoy it.

  Woody Allen

  Basketball, Morning, Doctors

  "Woody Allen Interview to Rome with Love". Interview, www.moviesonline.ca.

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• Everyone wants to get out of living where they're living now, because life is a pretty tough proposition and not much fun. But when you think back to earlier times, you only extrapolate the nice things.

  Woody Allen

  Fun, Nice, Thinking

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• Apple is happy to allow users more control over their devices as long as it also happens to benefit Apple. If it doesn't, then tough.

  Kevin Drum

  Apples, Long, Benefits

  "Apple Hates Me. I Hate Them Right Back" by Kevin Drum, www.motherjones.com. August 31, 2015.

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• Sometimes success breeds apathy. Sometimes when you're doing quite well for yourself you're not as tough as you need to be.

  Eric Thomas

  Needs, Apathy, Sometimes

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• I think the experience forced me to consider how interested I was in political cartooning. After I was fired, I applied to other papers but political cartooning, like all cartooning, is a very tough field to break into. Newspapers are very reluctant to hire their own cartoonists when they can get Oliphant or MacNelly through syndication for a twentieth of the price.

  Bill Watterson

  Thinking, Political, Paper

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• I have SO many books I didn't sell. Some my agent rejected outright, others made it all the way to my editor to be turned away. Not everything is a winner, which is tough when you've devoted eight or nine months of your life to something.

  Sarah Dessen

  Book, Editors, Eight

  Interview with Claire Zulkey, www.wbez.org. January 13, 2012.

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• From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: "Tough" and "Competent." Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. We will never again compromise our responsibilities. Every time we walk into Mission Control we will know what we stand for. Competent means we will never take anything for granted. We will never be found short in our knowledge and in our skills.

  Gene Kranz

  Mean, Responsibility, Skills

  "Failure Is Not An Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond". Book by Gene Kranz, 2000.

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• The tough decisions that a president has to make in the Oval Office are in no way related to the capability of a person to do well on television. On the other hand, the capability of a person to project favorably on television enhances that person's odds of being elected so he can serve in the Oval Office. So you can't ignore the talents, one, to be very effective on television, and on the other hand, to be very effective as an operating president.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Odds, Hands, Office

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think there is something barbaric in children, and it's missing in lots of books for them because we don't like to think of it. We want them to be happy [but] childhood is a very tough time.

  Maurice Sendak

  Children, Book, Thinking

  Source: blankonblank.org

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• Standup is tough; if you are going through a hard period in your life, it is very hard to get up in front of people and be the happy guy in the room.

  Doc Brown

  People, Guy, Rooms

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• Get a book, so you know where to put your fingers. Otherwise it would be tough to learn. Also you have to fight through getting callouses on your fingers because it hurts, you are pressing your fingers on metal strings, they will hurt at first until you start building up callouses.

  Joan Jett

  Hurt, Book, Fighting

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• I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.

  Billie Joe Armstrong

  Song, Writing, People

  Source: greendayminority.tumblr.com

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• ​W​e're so used to having everything we want at our fingertips so I think that when things get tough it's ​difficult ​for people to persist through that.

  John Legend

  Thinking, People, Want

  A Drink With Interview, adrinkwith.com. April 14, 2015.

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• The L.A. Times reports that al Qaeda terrorists have been traced to Iran, and President Bush is talking tough. In fact he said he will attack the minute he has evidence his approval rating is under 45 percent.

  Jay Leno

  Approval Rating, Iran, Talking

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• We are being tough in saying it is a duty on the unemployed in future not only to be available for work - and not to shirk work - but also to get the skills for work. That is a new duty we are introducing.

  Gordon Brown

  Skills, Introducing, Shirk

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• It's important to preach like there's a broken heart on every pew. That's always been a phrase that stuck with me. Not everybody is having a tough time, but you can bet your buck that there's a good tenth of your church that's going through a hard season. There really is a broken heart on every pew.

  Max Lucado

  Heart, Broken, Tough Times

  Source: www.biblestudytools.com

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• My heart is to help hurting people. I teach people God's Word so they can overcome their problems and avoid some of the tough lessons I had to learn.

  Joyce Meyer

  Hurt, Heart, People

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• People think women directors are tough. Truth is, I'm a pussycat and I hate conflict. I just want everyone to be happy on set.

  Julie Delpy

  Hate, Thinking, People

  "TIFF 2015 Women Directors: Meet Julie Delpy – ‘Lolo’". www.indiewire.com. September 16, 2015.

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• ... you can think about that for everyone you hire: will I bet the future of this company on this single hire? And that's a tough bar.

  Sam Altman

  Team, Thinking, Bars

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