I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.

It's tough, with the iTunes and all the downloads... You've really got to make an impact to be heard and be unique and different.

Golfers have a tendency to be very masochistic. They like to punish themselves for some reason. A lot of them like tough courses.

My father was this big, tough guy, almost heroic in proportion to me as a child. It was only later that I saw how fearful he was.

Interviewing friends is a tough one. Your duty to the interview must transcend your friendship. Occasionally you'll lose a friend.

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.

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.

Most of my friends wonder why I get these roles that are so masculine and tough. I think it's my Polish temperament that comes up.

To escape the cycle of tragedy, we (searchers) have to be tough on the ideas of the planners, even while we salute their goodwill.

Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack you.

I'm a very tough guy, and I fight hard, and I don't give up. And that makes me friends and that makes me enemies, and I know that.

Padoin is proving himself to be a great professional. He's tactically intelligent, and it's tough to play in front of the defense.

It was a tough experience with Alan Horn, who didn't like anything that was R-rated. So you can imagine he hated some of my films.

I'll be really tough on myself. Someone will be like, 'Oh that's really cool' and I'll be like, 'Yeah, but there's this one flaw.'

Dolce & Gabbana is like our child. The editing of a collection before a show is a tough call, as we would like to show everything!

Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.

It was definitely some tough moments throughout my life, but I kind of stayed focused and came through the other end of the tunnel.

Men are very tough, very critical of me. I think they expect you to basically just be a picture. They don't want to hear you speak.

Whenever I get into a tough situation...I think of growing up, and I say, 'This situation won't be the worst one I've ever been in.

The crowd could be tough to deal with at times, but I learned to use them and the way they behaved towards me as strong motivation.

When you start losing market share, it's really tough to gain it back; you need the product portfolio and presence in many markets.

Always expect the best. Then if you have to hurdle a few tough problems, you will have generated the strength and courage to do so.

I think I am a tough grader, because I feel like it's my job to teach them to write well. I hope my students say I'm a fair teacher.

I think it was tough being a young guy, especially in L.A. All the people looking at you and we had a big responsibility over there.

Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage.

I'm good when I've got a bit of an edge, like the Clint Eastwood type of archetypal character. The tough guy that doesn't say a lot.

In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.

Sometimes I just want to be left alone and be a normal kid for, like, five minutes. That's tough when the paparazzi are chasing you.

That's something that I do pride myself on: making those tough and contested catches, whether it's in the red-zone or on third down.

Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the really tough deals

I have a great need for affection from an audience. I don't know whether this is because I had such a tough life when I was a child.

Nothing takes the sting out of these tough economic times like watching a bunch of millionaires giving golden statues to each other.

I'm not that tough; I'm not that smart. I need life telling me who I am, showing me my mind constantly. I wouldn't see it in a cave.

The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough.

Sinatra, here's a guy who plays a tough guy in all his movies, but was allowed to be vulnerable when he stepped up to the microphone.

LeBron is one of the greats. He's going to hit tough shots. You have to be able to live with them and limit everyone else around him.

I'm having a tough time coping in showbiz. I'm absolutely terrified of it. Each time you walk out, somebody wants to click a picture.

I played a lot of tough clubs in my time. Once a guy in one of those clubs wanted to bet me $10 that I was dead. I was afraid to bet.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

I have respect for my fellow journalists at the other networks, and I wish them all well. This is a tough business, so good for them.

You know, as a woman, it is tough to get to the top - like to get to that respected level in this industry - in any industry, I think.

Eddie is the firehouse of this team. When he gets it going, he gets it going. He is definitely tough to stop when he gets in a groove.

I'm going to let people know that it's cool to have a child and be young and still be a good mom. It's really tough, but I'm doing it.

I've had people accuse me of being too tough of a grader. But my job is to paint reality versus telling people what they want to hear.

The 'Apprentice' was tough, tough work. It was all for charity, so I was thankful for the money Donald Trump gave me when I was fired.

Roland La Starza was tough, but Ezzard Charles was the toughest man I ever fought. I learned what pain was all about when I fought him.

My father is Portuguese, and in Portugal, it is traditional to take your mother's maiden name as a middle name. My mum is called Tough.

It comes with experience and learning and knowing the game. It's not necessarily about sticking your chest out and saying, 'I'm tough.'

I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are and how you're willing to be treated.

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