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- Nov 07, 2020
Tough Quotes
On resilience, faith, and getting through tough moments.
These quotes come from people describing genuinely tough situations, an actor admitting he's far gentler than his formidable on-screen character, and someone crediting faith for getting through a nerve-wracking day. See Know quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
Newcastle was tough - the manager who'd signed me, Bobby Robson, got sacked three games into the season, so a new manager arrived, and I ended up going on loan again, to Aston Villa.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tough guy Spike was always the funnest, but I'm most proud of the more recent stuff, the last season, I think.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Law enforcement's biased view of the Irish lives on in the nickname we still use for the vehicles we use to transport groups of prisoners. It is, after all, the 'paddy wagon.' The Irish had tough times, but little compares to the experience on our soil of black Americans.
- Coolness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being hip, being popular, being cool, that's really easy. Until you have to make tough decisions. And when you have to make tough decisions, that veneer of coolness comes off real quick.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went from absolutely nothing to a lot of people judging me overnight, and it was really tough for me.
- Edward
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- Nov 07, 2020
My journalistic heroes are Peter Jennings and Ted Koppel and Tim Russert and Edward R. Murrow, among others, because they were tough.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Something's bound to happen to you in a tough fight: cut eye, broken nose or broken hand or something like that. So you could make excuses out of anything, you know, but you got to keep on going if you're a champ or you're a contender.
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- Nov 07, 2020
For 'The Terminator,' I was asked to drop a bit of weight to get less physically imposing because it wasn't about an athletic build; the build they were looking for was something more unassuming or boyish. And it was tough!
- Nov 07, 2020
Luckily, on 'Kyle XY,' I had great training in being tough and vulnerable at the same time.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody has fallen asleep on the fact that F1 is dangerous. They all think it's a video game, and it's not. It is very, very dangerous, and it's tough.
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- Nov 07, 2020