Hiding behind a tougher outer image as a teenager feels cooler and safer compared to admitting, perhaps, that you're the very opposite.
We have come to the edge of the abyss and now it is time for a bold step forward. There is a political view that the tougher you are, the more credible you are.
There is no tougher job in America than being a cop on the beat in a major city in this country, big and brawling.
I have ideas of subjects and atmospheres that I love. I either want to go in a tougher, stronger direction or do the opposite: simple ballads.
I didn't play in indoor gyms until I was 12... Hitting the floor on concrete - it ain't easy bouncing up from that. It makes you tougher.
Maintaining marriage seems to be tougher than fatherhood: apparently its the most difficult thing in the world.
I went to Annapolis for tougher laws to hold cops accountable. I'm fighting to bring back the trust between the police and the community.
On Islam, it is true that I am tough. Perhaps tougher than I should be if my only aim was to get votes.
What the study I chaired actually said was we needed tougher regulation of cash and capital in banks, as credit was too easy. Events proved that right.
As years go by, chances of winning here are getting slimmer. That's just a matter of fact. It does get tougher, but it's possible, there's a tiny little chance.
One trouble with growing old is that it gets progressively tougher to find a famous historical figure, who didn't amount to much when he was your age.
Life is tougher for Americans - especially for those who voted by the highest percentages for President Obama's promise of hope and change.
I was terrible at sport at school. I was fat, which made things slightly tougher, but it also meant that people were encouraging to the point of patronising.
Every year you go out and there are teams you have success against and there are teams that are a little tougher.
Being in the UFC doesn't mean you're the best. UFC is tough too, but Bellator is tougher.
Always marry a woman from Texas. No matter how tough things get, she's seen tougher.
In football, we tried each week to come up with the best game plan for every opponent. Some were tougher than others.
For me, making a mass film is tougher. A lot of things needed to be intertwined into a two-hour narrative without getting too complicated.
If we do not make tough decisions now, future Americans will have to make even tougher ones.
One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.
I always found that kind of hard, and even though Gene Kelly was also a taskmaster, Bobby [Fosse] was tougher.
I've gotten used to the point where I'm so used to being sweaty! I like to wear less makeup and be tougher!
I have realised taking a stand is tough, but what's tougher is maintaining it and letting go of all those who doubt your intent.
I would like Obama to be tougher on going up against the Republicans, I don't think he should try to be so moderate.
I'm a basketball player. I can play the whole game. Of course, when you get older, it's a little bit tougher, but whatever.
Im a huge Rugby Union fan, which is a bit like American football - but tougher.
I often think when a man's once past a certain age, the older he grows the tougher he gets, and women the same or more so.
Sustaining the energy and focus involved in doing a good job I think starts to gets tougher the longer you do it.
I absolutely love working in Australia. Overseas is a lot tougher - it's really hard to break into campaigns over there.
We love the blather and boast, the charge and counter-charge of campaigning. Governing is a tougher deal.
Legal immigration is a much tougher group of people to stereotype and to identify as potential new Democrat voters.
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.
Guys want to make a name for themselves, they look at my age and think they will run over me. It's not like that, though. I'm tougher than that.
Staying true to who I am was tougher when I first got wealthy. Having great friends kept me grounded.
What makes me laugh is 'Masterchef,' with that ridiculous thing they always say, 'cooking doesn't get any tougher than this!.'
Assa is just much tougher and much smarter than Hillary Clinton and Obama.
On Sergei Fedorov's breaking three sticks on Dallas players: I don't know if Anna (Kournikova) told him to get tougher or what.
I've been booed on stages. I'm a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly.
I can forgive the body breaking down. It's a little tougher to forgive that mental lapse.
Certainly people have a lot tougher situations than I've had to deal with. But I will say we are all dying from the moment we are born. This is not just rehearsal.
When times get tough, we get tougher. Failure and government assistance are not an option for us.
Growing up around people with the same culture as me made me a lot tougher.
If I were to compare the Olympic decathlon to fatherhood, I would say fatherhood is a lot tougher.
The only thing tougher than developing leadership skills is attempting to be successful without them.
Things are tougher than we are, just
As earth will always respond
However we mess it about.
You can't just go in and say, 'I'm going to be tougher that you,' you know? Heavy bags are tough, but I've never been beat by one.
You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up - and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.
Nobody likes to believe that they need anybody's help in anything, and the smarter you are - and I'm not smart - or the tougher you are - and at times I thought I was pretty tough - the more trouble you have.
The farther down the road you go the tougher they get and I live at the end of the road!
It is tougher to control range on a guy who is as tall, lengthy, and busy as Amir Khan, who has a very good jab.
I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously.
It's relatively easy to generate a lot of enthusiasm for Puget Sound in the short term. Sustaining the effort to clean it up is somewhat tougher.
I feel reviewers are tougher on comedies in general. They don't take them seriously, and the ones that get great reviews are not necessarily the ones that I like.
We need to do more to conserve fuel or face tougher choices such as steep price increase or even quantitative restrictions.
Phoenix was a tougher record, a little more commercially accessible record.
Congress voted for tougher laws on corporations. So now when a corporation buys a senator, they need a receipt.
There's very few guys that play for one team their whole careers, nowadays, especially in the cap era it's a lot tougher.
Sometimes standing up for things that are right makes things tougher.
I'm drawn to look tough. The arched eyebrows are just there - I don't do them like that. I have strong features, but I wish I could be tougher.
Show me a man or woman with a mission, and I'll show you somebody that's tougher to beat.
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