Tough Quotes - Page 7

• I was obliged to take tough, painful and bold decisions to ensure a manageable tomorrow.

  Nicos Anastasiades

  Decision, Tomorrow, Painful

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• I'm not aggressive by nature and it was tough for me to make the transition to directing.

  Jennifer Yuh Nelson

  Transition, Aggressive

  "Immersed in Movies: Jennifer Yuh Nelson Lifts Kung Fu Panda 2" by Bill Desowitz, www.indiewire.com. December 7, 2011.

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• There are so many tough opponents out there and tough competitors so I've never liked to look ahead.

  Caroline Wozniacki

  Opponents, Looks, Competitors

  "The Busted Racquet Interview: Caroline Wozniacki". Interview with Chris Chase, sports.yahoo.com. March 8, 2011.

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• Life as a voice actress is tough. It's not an easy career.

  Lucille Bliss

  Careers, Voice, Actresses

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• The serious crimes by the Sudanese government and the government-supported militias must be met with serious consequences. We must work for tough international economic sanctions on the Sudanese government.

  Allyson Schwartz

  Government, Economic Sanctions, Serious

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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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• I was afraid of the pain of dying and terribly reluctant to leave the world behind because I liked life a lot, even if it had been pretty tough sometimes.

  Alexander Dolgun

  Death, Pain, Dying

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• I think having Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House is going to send a very wonderful lesson to the American public that women can be strong, they can be tough, they can be effective, and they can lead this country as political leaders.

  Ellen Malcolm

  Country, Strong, Thinking

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• Women are tough campaigners. They certainly know how to withstand attacks. And I think we make a mistake if we say, as some do, that women should play by different rules, or that they are somehow especially vulnerable to the rules of politics. I don't think that's true.

  Ellen Malcolm

  Mistake, Thinking, Play

  "LOS ANGELES TIMES INTERVIEW: Ellen Malcolm: The Woman Behind All Those Women Candidates". Interview with Jacob Weisberg, articles.latimes.com. November 8, 1992.

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• I remember Agassi playing Federer in Basel, Switzerland in 1998, and Andre was already saying at that time that Federer would be tough. Usually at the time players are 17, you can see if they will be great.

  Brad Gilbert

  Player, Switzerland, Would Be

  Interview with Nima Naderi, tennisconnected.com. April 8, 2010.

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• I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.

  Dana Hill

  Years, Planning, Medication

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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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• А weekly column is really tough.

  David Plotz

  Columns

  Source: www.slate.com

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• Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth. If you imagine yourself having to spend two and a bit hours cooking bolognaise, remembering a whole major work by David Hare and speaking it at the correct moment between chopping carrots and stirring the onions in front of an audience - the normal human response is 'Please, can I go to the airport?'

  Bill Nighy

  Play, Ideas, Two

  Interview with Sarah Crompton, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 10, 2014.

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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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• Sometimes - this is a tough one - not everyone can handle the truth. Sometimes you have to take a beat. But if you can take that beat, and take the high road, it'll serve you in the long run.

  Jeremy Piven

  Running, Long, Sometimes

  Source: www.complex.com

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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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• Honestly, I don't recommend anyone get into music. If you have something else that you're good at, do that instead. This is a really tough world to live in.

  Skylar Grey

  World, Honestly, Ifs

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

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• The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters - someone who hits .300 looks back on the guy who batted .295 and says 'tough luck buddy.

  Warren Spahn

  Baseball, Winning, Games

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• How about this miracle... God says if you plant the seed I will make the tree. Wow, you can't have a better arrangement than that. First, it gives God the tough end of the deal. What if you had to make a tree? That would keep you up late at night trying to figure out how to make a tree. God says, "No, leave the miracle part to me. I've got the seed, the soil, the sunshine, the rain and the seasons. I'm God and all this miracles stuff is easy for me. I have reserved something very special for you and that is to plant the seed.

  Jim Rohn

  Rain, Sunshine, Night

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• Investing is not as tough as being a top-notch bridge player. All it takes is the ability to see things as they really are.

  Warren Buffett

  Player, Bridges, Investing

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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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• There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again.

  George W. Bush

  Country, America, Tough Times

  George W. Bush's speech at an Economic Forum at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. August 13, 2002.

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• Progress never defines its ultimate objective but thrusts its victims at once into an infinite series,' Mr. [John Crowe] Ransom said' 'Industrialism,' he declared, 'is rightfully a menial, of almost miraculous cunning, but no intelligence; it needs to be strongly governed, or it will destroy the economy of the household. Only a community of tough conservative habit can master it.

  Richard M. Weaver

  Community, Progress, Needs

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• Going before an audience of people who expect you to be funny is tough. Going before an audience that expect you to be boring, and then being a little funny, is much easier. I prefer easier.

  Barney Frank

  People, Littles, Boring

  "Exit Interview: Barney Frank Reflects on Successes, Regrets, Future Plans". "PBS NewsHour" with Margaret Warner, www.pbs.org. December 25, 2012.

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