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Quotes About Tough

One thing I've always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of what we need to learn and do better, than the people in the company itself. You can walk down these halls, and they'll tell you, 'We need to do usability better, push this or that frontier.'
~ Bill Gates
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
The first day of 'Liberty,' I was hanging around waiting for Ford to come in. Everybody told me how tough he was and not to say anything, or he'd single you out and get on you the whole shoot. But as he walked in, I got up and saluted him.
~ Lee Marvin
A fighter walks in the room and people are like 'oooo' because everyone is trying to be a tough guy.
~ Israel Adesanya
Ben Rothwell is a beast like he says he is. He's very, very tough.
~ Junior dos Santos
I got blessed from my mom. She's the personality; she's the one who smiled, so I took on part of her, and who also wanted to help and save the world. Then I took on part of my dad, who is tough.
~ Magic Johnson
I am pretty tough as a boss.
~ Vijay Mallya
I'm not bothered how people feel. This is a real tough sport.
~ Chris Wilder
It's always difficult when you bowl at the death.
~ Jasprit Bumrah
I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.
~ Billy Eckstine
Broadway is really, really hard.
~ Keala Settle
I'm from Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, if you say, 'I'm dangerous', you'd better be dangerous.
~ Larry King
Russia is tough. The history, the land, the people - brutal.
~ Henry Rollins
The restaurant industry is brutal.
~ Rene Redzepi
This sport is brutal. This sport is a hard sport.
~ Glover Teixeira
In sum, as we enter the 21st century, the Euro-Atlantic community - North America and Europe together - has to face some tough challenges when it comes to improving our capability.
~ Lord Robertson
My only hesitation after 'Law & Order' was that I didn't want to be in a super dry procedural like that. I found that satisfying, but very tough because every episode was kind of the same. It just is with that show.
~ Jamie Bamber
Justice is a knee in the gut from the floor on the chin at night sneaky with a knife brought up down on the magazine of a battleship sandbagged underhanded in the dark without a word of warning. Garroting. That's what justice is when we've all got to be tough enough and rough enough to fight Billy Petrolle. From the hip. Get it?
~ Joseph Heller
I am antifragile.
~ weev
The meat smelt rank and was very tough, the soup was greasy and of a curious flavour, but it was a wonderful meal after all these hungry weeks.
~ Wilfred Thesiger
Shuck it," Minho responded. "I'm tougher than nails. I could still kick your pony-lovin' butt with twice this pain." Thomas shrugged. "I do love ponies. Wish I could eat one right now.
~ James Dashner
Well, it's easy to be tough when you have a bunch of lunatics with knives protecting you,
~ James Dashner
Shuck it," Minho responded. "I'm tougher than nails. I could still kick your pony-lovin' butt with twice this pain.
~ James Dashner
I'm tougher than nails. I could still kick your pony-lovin' butt with twice this pain." Thomas shrugged. "I do love ponies. Wish I could eat one right now." His stomach grumbled and gurgled.
~ James Dashner