“I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand opportunity to figure yourself out and to figure out what you wanted.” KindKidsWantedSchoolOpportunityFeltFiguresToughTough TimesFitting Author:Brie Larson
“I had these fangs because I had jaundice when I was a kid and I was put on so many antibiotics that my teeth rotted. They had to cut them out. So I never had milk teeth. That was tough, you know, being in school having photos taken while I was pretending I had teeth. It was hideous.” KnowsKidsSchoolTakenCuttingToughTeethPretendingMilkHideousFangsAntibioticsJaundice Author:Charlize Theron
“Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.” IfsDoeKidsActionAsksResponsibilityTeachingPolicyToughConsequenceCuriosityTeaching KidsTough Questions Author:George Tenet
“As a kid, I was terrified. I was a bed wetter and I had to go to sleepaway camp every summer, which was humiliating and terrifying. I had lots of insecurities and scaredness. I covered it with being funny and tough, but it's hard to be tough when you're making your cot in your bunk over soaking wet sheets and acting like nobody can smell anything.” HardKidsActingBedSummerToughSmellInsecurityCoveredCampsWetTerrifiedSheetsHumiliatingBeing FunnySoakingBunk Author:Sarah Silverman
“I must have been a really tough kid to corral. I got disciplined quite frequently. I guess that would be the best way to say it. The rod, I wore out the rod. You know, Spare the rod and spoil the child? Well, I wore out the rod.” KnowsWayWellsChildrenHas BeensWould BeKidsToughBest WayBeing The BestSparesSpoil Author:Terry Bradshaw
“I'll watch the kids play, have a big steak with my friends, stay in a nice hotel, sign a lot of autographs, then go back to Vegas and tell my alumni how tough recruiting is.” PlayBigsKidsWatchesNiceCollegeBasketballMy FriendsToughHotelVegasAutographsSteakCollege BasketballAlumni Author:Jerry Tarkanian
“Wrapping Christmas presents is tough. Even peeling a Mandarin orange is tough. I have to get my kids to help me.” HelpingKidsToughHelp MeHockeyOrangeNhlWrappingPeelingChristmas Present Author:Brendan Morrison
“Everyone talks about how hard it is to have a kid, and that scares you into waiting. It obviously is tough [to be a parent], but when you feel that love, and it's instant, and it's so cool, so fun. When your baby smiles at you or when you just hold your baby, it's a pretty awesome feeling.” FeelsHardFeelingsKidsFunWaitingParentBabyToughInstantScareBaby Smile Author:Clayton Kershaw
“As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn't sound tough. I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now I have a phony accent that I can't shake, so it's not phony anymore.” ShouldI CanKidsGuySoundToughDecidedShakesAccentsPhonyBrando Author:Ryan Gosling
“We're in a tough place in this world. There are a lot of kids giving up very early. Scripture says it takes a village to raise one child, and that's what these coaches are going to have to go back and understand.” WorldGivingChildrenKidsThis WorldGiving UpToughRaisesCoachesScriptureVillageIt Takes A Village Author:Ray Lewis
“I had a very tough childhood. I came here from Italy in the '70s and didn't speak a word of English, so the kids at school tormented me. Truly, it was horrifying the names they called me, and the teachers never really did a thing to stop it.” KidsSchoolNamesSpeakTeacherChildhoodTough Author:Giada De Laurentiis