Tough Quotes - Page 23

• Change is tough, people don't like it, but it is necessary. Take two aspirins and call me in the morning.

  Christopher Bond

  Morning, Two, People

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• Try seeing your world and yourself this way, eyes open to whatever is before you, mind free of dichotomies. Are you good or bad, fragile or tough, wise or foolish? Yes. And so am I.

  Martha Beck

  Wise, Eye, Mind

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• Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.

  Robert Morgan

  Honesty, Sense Of Humor, Poetic

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• Well, me don't swim too tough so me don't go in the water too deep.

  Bob Marley

  Swimming, Water, Too Deep

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• When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know.

  Frank McCourt

  Knows

  Frank McCourt (2005). “Teacher Man: A Memoir”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

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• Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting ambivalence is just the sense of satori rising. Try, trust, try, and trust again, and eventually you'll feel your mind change its focus to a new level of understanding.

  Martha Beck

  Focus, Decision, Understanding

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• So just to be truthful to my own sensibility, I need to acknowledge that the season is not all joy and light for a lot of people. It's tough - environmentally, emotionally, spiritually.

  Sting

  Christmas, Light, People

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• When we win, it will tell every politician in America that if you are bold, if you do the right thing, if you tackle the tough issues, there will be people standing there right with you.

  Scott Walker

  Winning, America, Issues

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• Skills can be taught. It's tough to teach heart. Talent is fairly common.

  Bill Johnson

  Heart, Skills, Taught

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• It's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here.

  Reggie Jackson

  New York, Boys, Scratches

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When an executive walked on our floor, it was at their own risk. As far as what others thought of working for me, I know I was very tough at times, and would storm down the hall after watching some bad animation from Korea. But overall, I feel we had a good time.

  Joe Murray

  Korea, Risk, Storm

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• We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.

  Gary Johnson

  Mean, Decision, Balance

  "GOP Rivals Hit Obama on Foreign Policy Despite Bin Laden Killing, Hit Harder on Economy". www.foxnews.com. May 5, 2011.

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• You have to fight really hard for a private life, and sometimes you don't have one. It just gets to you after a while. It's tough.

  John Carpenter

  Fighting, Sometimes, Private Life

  Interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. April 10, 2011.

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• It's a tough thing to know that when you're making your album, you're going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.

  Ben Folds

  Real, Numbers, Pressure

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My father was a dreamer - my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady's handbags, an old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: 'Don't end up like me.'

  Alan King

  Father, Smart, Hero

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• Rather than following through on the proven crime and violence prevention techniques that work, we are back to tough-talking sound byte policies that have been proven to not only fail to reduce crime but actually increase crime, waste taxpayers' money and discriminate against minorities.

  Bobby Scott

  Talking, Minorities, Prevention

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• It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last — tough people do.

  James Robertson

  Dad, People, Tough Times

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• If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But, if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you.

  Alan Arkin

  Stars, Community, Acting

  Source: collider.com

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• Turns out that people who try new things, go new places, learn new skills, etc. are happier. This can be tough, because novelty and challenge also bring frustration and irritation - but if you can push through that, novelty and challenge can bring enormous happiness rewards.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Frustration, Irritation, Skills

  "Slate Discussion: The Happiness Project". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. January 15, 2009.

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• I come from a family of very strong women, women who have endured very tough lives in hopes of a better one for their children.

  Afia Nathaniel

  Strong Women, Children, Men Women

  "TIFF Women Directors: Meet Afia Nathaniel – ‘Dukhtar’". Interview with Laura Berger, www.indiewire.com. September 4, 2014.

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• I do have someone that I work with and she is amazing and I definitely don't have unmitigated abusive tendencies towards her. She is very sweet. I also know what that is like. I have heard my agent thinking he has hit mute on the phone before he, you know, physically unleashes broken glass and cellphones at his poor assistant. It is a tough job under the best of circumstances. I understand that.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Sweet, Jobs, Thinking

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• It's easy to be a tough competitor and still be the kind of person with whom people love to compete.

  Chuck Thompson

  People, Kind, Easy

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• When you go home tonight, make a list of the people who are impediments, who don't believe in you, and call them up and tell them, 'Get the hell out of my life.' You don't need them. Writing is tough enough without having people around you who contribute to a writer's insecurity.

  Ray Bradbury

  Believe, Home, Writing

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• Life is tough, but if you are stupid, it's a lot tougher.

  John Wayne

  Stupid, Life Is, Ifs

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• When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break.

  Stephen Hawking

  Coffee, Naps, Break

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