"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"
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"To have kids and not be there every night is tough."
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"Life's tough. It's even tougher when you are stupid."
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"I'm itching to see Usher & Shakira work their magic. And of course, Blake is so amazing! It was tough, but I went on my gut which was Adam."
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"Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?"
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"Tough talk often draws headlines, but war rarely conforms to slogans."
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"I have complete confidence in the American people and our legal traditions and the prosecutors, the tough prosecutors from New York who specialize in terrorism."
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"Nobody cares how tough your upbringing was. Nobody cares if you suffered some discrimination."
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"It's tough to break yourself as news to a town that already knows you."
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"Going before an audience of people who expect you to be funny is tough. Going before an audience that expect you to be boring, and then being a little funny, is much easier. I prefer easier."
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"Hillary Clinton is a fighter, she's out there, she's tough."
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"I do not want to see BP nickel and diming these businesses that are having a tough time."
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"I just can't sit back and wallow, In my own sorrow, but I know one fact: I'll be one tough act to follow."
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"Touring used to be hard. Early on in my career when I was more in grind mode, I was doing two or three shows a day. It was tough because you start feeling like you have no life. That being said, I do enjoy actually doing the shows."
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"A tough will counts. So does desire.So does a rich soft wanting.Without rich wanting nothing arrives."
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"It's great to be able to pretend you're tough but funny at the same time."
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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."
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"As someone who grew up in tough circumstances, I know that being on public assistance is not a spot that anyone wants to be in."
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"The pornography of tough-mindedness, covert action, and preparedness for "peace through strength" has had a predictably hypnotic effect on the legislative branch, turning it from legal watchdog to lapdog."
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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."
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