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“Going to a grammar school, you mixed with all sorts of different types and I used to listen to how they talked. When I did my imitations, I could sound like someone really rough, or I could sound like a cabinet minister.”

Different School Used Sound Type Ministers Rough Imitation Grammar Cabinets Grammar School

Author:Steve Coogan

“One of the things about being raised British in Africa is that you get this double whammy of toughness. The continent in place itself made you quite tough. And then you've got this British mother whose entire being rejects 'coddling' in case it makes you too soft. So there's absolutely nothing standing between you and a fairly rough experience.”

Made Mother Cases Tough Standing Raised British Rejects Rough Continents Absolutely Nothing Toughness Self Made

Author:Alexandra Fuller

“From the age of about five to twelve I was very bad, a hideous little terror who beat people up. I was a member of a Rough Gang - we went around and terrorised all the pupils in school.”

People Littles Age School Five Members Beats Terror Rough Twelve Gang Pupils Hideous

Author:Joseph Fiennes

“There's pressure to come up with something genius every time. I feel like I keep letting myself down with my Twitter posts. I have to start keeping a journal of rough drafts of prophetic ideas about the world.”

World Feels Ideas Genius Pressure Come Up Posts Rough Journal Prophetic Keeping A Journal Rough Drafts

Author:Ari Graynor

“The birth of any show is always a rough one.”

Shows Birth Rough

Author:Genevieve Gorder

“The economy is rough. I think that affects everyone from big filmmakers to tiny filmmakers.”

Thinking Bigs Economy Tiny Filmmaker Rough

Author:Greta Gerwig

“The world doesn't revolve around me anymore. Now it's all about this little baby. I come home after a rough day, I see her and she smiles and nothing but that matters. I know that sounds really cliche but it's the truth.”

Knows World Littles Matter Home Sound Baby Rough Coming Home Cliche Rough Day

Author:Michael Easton

“Tough boys running the streets, come a little closer. Rough toys under the sheets, nobody knows her.”

Knows Littles Running Boys Streets Tough Rough Toys Sheets Nobody Knows

Author:Pete Townshend

“When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.”

“A prompt, generous letter of thanks can seal a commitment which otherwise might disappear when the going gets rough.”

Might Commitment Letters Disappear Thanks Generosity Generous Rough Seals Prompts

Author:Morton Blackwell

“I may drink too much and play too loud, hang out with a rough and rowdy crowd. That don't mean I don't respect my mama or Uncle Sam.”

May Mean Play Politics Too Much Drink Crowds Loud Rough Hanging Out Uncles Mama Uncle Sam Rowdy

Author:Tracy Byrd

“I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport.”

Believe Stills Play Use Games I Believe Sports Style Basketball Court I Believe In Tone Rough Aggressive Positive Things Good Sports

Author:Sue Wicks

“Financial markets ... resent any kind of government interference but they hold a belief deep down that if conditions get really rough the authorities will step in.”

Ifs Kind Government Belief Business Steps Conditions Authority Financial Finance Rough Get Real Deep Down Resent Interference Financial Markets

Book:Open Society: Reforming Global Capitalism

Source: Open Society: Reforming Global Capitalism

“In return, society rewards those who give it what it wants. That is why how much money people have earned is a rough measure of how much they gave society what it wanted.”

People Want Giving Wanted Return Rewards Rough

Author:Ray Dalio

“I had a very rough and tumultuous childhood.”

Childhood Rough

Author:Corey Feldman

“I loved it, but had to forget about acting after elementary school because it was the sort of thing you just didn't do in my rough neighborhood.”

School Forget Acting Neighborhood Rough Elementary School

Author:Sherman Hemsley

“SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters and an idea and write as a process of discovery. Like working without a net.”

Writing Firsts Ideas Character Used Process Novel Discovery Rough Outlines

Author:Jerry B. Jenkins

“After finishing a draft, no matter how rough, I almost always put it aside for a while. It doesn't matter if it's a story or a novel, I find that when it's still fresh in my mind I'm either thoroughly sick of its flaws or completely blind to them. Either way, I'm unable to make substantive edits of any value.”

Ifs Way Mind Stills Matter Stories Values Novel Sick Blind Flaws Rough Finishing Edits

Author:Leslie Jamison

“I have a rough idea when I walk into a studio though.”

Ideas Walks Studios Rough

Author:Squarepusher

“A journalist enjoys a privileged position. In exchange for not being able to participate in the rough-and-tumble issues of a community, we are given license to observe it all, based on the understanding that we'll tell everyone what happens fairly and squarely. That's harder than it sounds.”

Happens Able Given Enjoy Understanding Sound Community Issues Position Harder Journalist Rough Privileged License

Author:Bill Kurtis

“To the field we are scattered from the day we are born to grow wild and sleep rough til from the earth we are torn.”

Philosophy Earth Grows Born Sleep Fields Rough Torn

Book:Americana

Source: Americana

“Rough boys I wanna bite and kiss you.”

Boys Kissing Rough Bites Taboo Social Taboos

Author:Pete Townshend