Tough Quotes - Page 9

• Russia has lost an empire but not yet found a role. Russia has to decide what it wants to be. And as we know in Britain, that takes some time. It is quite tough to lose an empire and Russia lost its empire very rapidly and very admirably, that is to say peacefully, it didn't fight.

  Timothy Garton Ash

  Fighting, Russia, Roles

  "Interview: British Historian Timothy Garton Ash On Europe's Future". Interview with Rikard Jozwiak, www.rferl.org. March 16, 2013.

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• I don't think I'm the best singer in the world, for sure, but I loved doing it in 'Into the Woods.' I'll always find it tough, singing in front of people.

  Emily Blunt

  Thinking, People, Singing

  Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 22, 2014.

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• "I tell you," he [Milosevic] continued, "Izetbegovic has earned Sarajevo by not abandoning it. He's one tough guy. It's his". These words were probably the most astonishing and unexpected of the conference.

  Richard Holbrooke

  Guy, Unexpected, Conferences

  "To End a War" by Richard Holbrooke, (p. 291), 1998.

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• Well, I guess I needed this tough first round to really put me into that tournament, to really erase what happened at Indian Wells, which is now the case, you know.

  Amelie Mauresmo

  Sports, Firsts, Cases

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• Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.

  John McCain

  War, Fool, Fraud

  "Talk of War and Family Highlights McCain’s Kickoff Commercial" by Julie Bosman, www.nytimes.com. June 7, 2008.

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• We're just a fragile team right now. It seems like when we have a little bit of adversity, when something goes wrong, you can feel it on the bench, it kind of sinks. Unless we get a goal or something really positive happens, it's tough. I think falling out of the playoff race takes the wind out of your sails for sure.

  Wes Walz

  Team, Fall, Adversity

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• Nonbeing must in some sense be, otherwise what is it that there is not? This tangled doctrine might be nicknamed Plato's beard; historically it has proved tough, frequently dulling the edge of Occam's razor.

  Willard Van Orman Quine

  Plato, Tangled, Might

  Willard Van Orman Quine, Roger F. Gibson (2004). “Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W.V. Quine”, p.177, Harvard University Press

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• It gives us a lot of versatility and flexibility. Looking ahead, we've got a lot of good young players coming through the system. As they make their way, we'll have some tough decisions down the road. I'm just glad to have this one bat in our lineup that can drive in 100 runs, hit 25 to 30 home runs at least, and in our ballpark, maybe more.

  Tim Purpura

  Running, Home, Player

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• They gave high fives to all the players who say like the most obvious textbook answers in the world. It's like after each game, you already know what they're going to say. If they lost: "Ahh ... Tough loss." It's like, come on, how do you guys fall for that? And if they something that they really feel, everyone goes crazy. Like "Oohh! He's spazzing out!" Now he gotta say sorry for saying something he really felt. It's like, Oh lord.

  Gilbert Arenas

  Sorry, Crazy, Fall

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• I think readers appreciate those of us who stay in the trenches and fight the good fight even when times get tough. I know that I, personally, lost respect for writers who, when there was a downturn in the market, started shouting from the rooftops that they wrote thrillers and suspense novels rather than horror. As far as I'm concerned, those wussboys should sever all ties with the horror community if that's the way they feel and get out of the way so real horror writers can do their work.

  Bentley Little

  Real, Fighting, Thinking

  "Bentley Little: The Elusive Dark Scribe Speaks". Interview with Vince A. Liaguno, www.darkscribemagazine.com. September 13, 2007.

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• The only person I ever wanted to meet was Muhammad Ali. And of all the people I've ever met, he's the one who most impressed me. It's tough to listen to him. You gotta have patience. But you see how strong his mind is. Even now, he's one of the most intelligent people on the planet.

  Carmelo Anthony

  Strong, Intelligent, People

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• Five runs with two outs is tough to take. It sure took the air out of our balloon.

  Mike Hargrove

  Running, Air, Two

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• That's what perseverance is. You go through some tough times and you fight through it. And now, it's over. It's over.

  Trot Nixon

  Perseverance, Fighting, Tough Times

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• Honestly, just waking up every morning with headaches is tough, to know that I can't play tonight or I can't run tonight. Once the headaches started going away a little bit, I knew I had a chance.

  Alecko Eskandarian

  Running, Morning, Play

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• The hardest thing is deciding what I should tell you and what not to. Well, anyway, I've got a while yet before you're old enough to understand the tapes. They're more for me at this point... to help get it all straight. Should I tell you about your father? That's a tough one. Will it change your decision to send him here... knowing? But if you don't send Kyle, you could never be. God, you can go crazy thinking about all this... I suppose I'll tell you... I owe him that. And maybe it'll be enough if you know that in the few hours we had together we loved a lifetime's worth.

  Sarah Connor

  Father, Crazy, Thinking

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• That GOP leadership, that establishment, they've got to get their stuff together I love what they believe in, I believe in it too. But they've got to get tough, man. You know what? It's not just the New England Patriots who are dealing with deflated balls right now.

  Sarah Palin

  Believe, Men, Together

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• Anytime you're with somebody, you become a reflection of that person. I believe the first five years of our relationship was me grooming her, getting her tough and getting her ready for all of this and how to deal with it. The last was just her being a strong Black woman who has her man's back.

  Snoop Dogg

  Strong, Believe, Reflection

  "The Evolution of Snoop Dogg: How Keeping It Real And Being A Family Man Remains A Balancing Act For Rapper". Interview with Margena A. Christian for Jet Magazine, March 17, 2008.

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• It's tough at the top. It's tough at the bottom. But in between you could use them for horse-shoes.

  Terry Pratchett

  Happiness, Success, Horse

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• I'll watch the kids play, have a big steak with my friends, stay in a nice hotel, sign a lot of autographs, then go back to Vegas and tell my alumni how tough recruiting is.

  Jerry Tarkanian

  Basketball, Nice, Kids

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• It is steady, reliable, tough. It never yields to panic. It is never defeated one-sidedly. It achieves everything attainable by character and tenacity.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Soccer, Football, Character

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• He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different.

  Don Shula

  Sports, Jobs, Men

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• It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game.

  Mark Messier

  Sports, Games, Want

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• My father is a marvelous mentor, and if you're going to have a mentor, the ones that work best let you make your own mistakes. You're ready to do your own thing and just at that moment of being unbridled, if somebody's trying to manage you too tightly, it's going to be tough - particularly if that person's got the same last name.

  Brian Roberts

  Father, Mistake, Names

  Source: usatoday30.usatoday.com

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• Wrapping Christmas presents is tough. Even peeling a Mandarin orange is tough. I have to get my kids to help me.

  Brendan Morrison

  Kids, Hockey, Nhl

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• Those people don't know how tough that really was.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, People, Know How

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