Tough Quotes
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I attend to my fitness. I go the gym every day and try to maintain my physical fitness; without that, it is tough to take challenges on the chess board.
Viswanathan Anand
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I certainly wake up every morning and thank God that I'm not a novelist because the theater is tough, but novel writing is infinitely harder. Especially with the economics of serious fiction being what they are in America.
Tony Kushner
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Editing is hard but nowhere NEAR as tough as facing that blank page and blinking cursor each day. You're all alone and no one else can do it. At least with editing you have someone in the trench with you.
Sarah Dessen
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Divorce is divorce and it's a really tough thing to go through, but I'd love to get married again.
Nicole Kidman
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I feel very lucky for that gift that I was given but it´s been quite tough to deal with sometimes too. When you are blessed with something like this and it brings emotions to people - to keep up to the magical standard that everybody wants it to be and the perfection - can be hard.
Sarah Brightman
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I was 17 and the whole thing was very confusing at the time. It was a great job and I loved it, and to lose the role was definitely tough for me. I was devastated when I lost the role.
Sarah Chalke
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Listen," I told him. "Don't be so tough so early in the morning. I'm sure you've cut plenty of people's throats. I haven't even had my coffee yet.
Ernest Hemingway
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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
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It's very tough for a woman in the music business, and he really was such a motivator from the beginning, when I was super-shy, and he saw a lot in me on a personal level that he knew could carry through on the stage.
Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
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Everyone is always going through tough things, the irony in it is that everyone thinks what they're going through is just as hard as what you are. Life isn't about surviving this, it's about understanding this.
Nicholas Sparks
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It is a very tough lobby. You have my sympathies, Condi.
Pierre Pettigrew
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One should talk tough to friends in private, but, as the first phone call with the president of the United States, you're trying to build your personal relationship. You're trying to build on the alliance and the partnerships that we have. Usually, that tough talk doesn't happen with your friends and partners. And people wonder why the tough talk by Donald Trump is happening with Mexico and happening with Germany and happening with our pals, but it's not happening with Russia.
Wendy Sherman
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Balance is always tough with the kind of shows and my work ethic and all of that, but that definitely helps me do what I do in the big picture.
Hank Williams III
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I think we're tough when we do things like that. We were responding to some things they like to do. We're active.
Champ Bailey
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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
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Picture yourself crushin' Xzibit with your tough talk?
Alvin Nathaniel Joiner
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The guys knew we were facing a tough pitcher. I was really happy with the way they put the ball in play and made them make plays.
Vance Law
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I think about everyone in my life that was harsh with me or who gave me tough love and told me things that I didn't want to hear in that moment; fortunately it ended up being really good for me and I have nothing but respect for them today and those are the people I return to when I need that real honest advice.
Charlamagne Tha God
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You can have a great lyric and a so-so melody; it's going to be a tough sell.
Herb Alpert
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I was behind in the count too much. Today was a tough game. I wasn't hitting spots good. I missed a lot of pitches and missed spots a lot of times. When you do that, you have to come right down the middle. That's why they hit the ball good today, because I was missing my spots.
Carlos Zambrano
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Life is overwhelming. Life is not easy. Life is tough and you need something that really works and helps you actually, not promises to help you, then fail.
John Travolta
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I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be a long, tough road, and I was like, if I just begin now, by the time I'm 40, I'll be good at it.
Jason Mraz
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Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.
Richard Pryor
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We are generally pleased that we were able to report a solid quarter in a tough advertising environment.
Gary Pruitt