Tough Lady Quotes

• Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Leadership, Business, Women

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Strong Women, Memorable, Feminist Art

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Leadership, Encouraging, Strong Women

  "The feminist who didn't want to be called one" by Christine Todd Whitman, www.politico.com. December 9, 2013.

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• It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

  Mae West

  Funny, Sexy, Strong Women

  Belle of the Nineties (motion picture) (1934)

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• My maternal grandma was a tough, tough lady and a stern woman, who lost her husband young and raised six kids by herself. She lived in a mining community in Upstate New York and ran a boarding house for miners. She took care of an entire family and miners who lived in the house as well.

  Steve Carell

  Death, New York, Husband

  "Steve Carell: My family values". Interview with Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. June 28, 2013.

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• My wife is my first audience. She's a tough lady, so I can't say that I ever scare her. Except, of course, when she sees me the way I look before breakfast.

  Dean Koontz

  Wife, Scare, Looks

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• Keep it up, wise guy. I'm always going to be taller than you once you're lying unconscious on the ground.

  Jim Butcher

  Wise, Lying, Guy

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.46, Penguin

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• My grandmother instilled in me a toughness that comes with survival. She was a tough lady and never truly enjoyed her life. She would always worry about things and I would tell her that it wasn't going to get her anywhere and it didn't. I wasn't even that smart back then, but I knew that worrying about everyone else wasn't good for her health. As Latinos, we stress and worry so much about the future when the future is today. As long as we protect what's good in our lives, we will be all right.

  George Lopez

  Smart, Stress, Grandmother

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