“I take it as a sign of intimacy and friendship when you feel comfortable enough with someone to have a little rough and tumble.” FeelsLittlesEnoughComfortableIntimacyRough Author:Kenneth Lonergan
“The film [Dream of Life], in the end, is life-affirming, and I think it's always useful for people to be reminded that no matter how rough things get, no matter what kind of twists and turns our lives can take, we can keep going, we can create something new.” PeopleThinkingKindEndsMatterDreamFilmTurnsOur LivesNo Matter WhatSomething NewRoughKeep GoingTwistsAffirmingTwists And TurnsLife Affirming Author:Patti Smith
“Some good leaders are rough around the edges and some leaders are difficult. Some have difficult personalities and some are really nice to be around, but those are not the qualifications. The qualifications are their desire to see us achieve more, their desire to push us to be the best we can be. Not for their selfish gain, but because they believe that we have something to offer.” BelieveDesireDifficultLeaderNiceAchievePersonalityOffersGainsEdgesSelfishBeing The BestRoughReally NiceQualificationsGood Leader Author:Simon Sinek
“I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal trying to reach my goal.” TryingGoalPiecesRoughDiamondCoalDiamond In The Rough Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda
“With every word, I drop knowledge. I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal trying to reach my goal.” TryingGoalPiecesRoughDiamondCoalDiamond In The Rough Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda
“It might be a little rough on some people for a while, but I think it's the only way to deal with drugs. Look at Prohibition: all it did was make a lot of criminals rich. Should be legalized for a matter of sanity.” PeopleThinkingWayShouldLooksLittlesMatterMightDealsRichDrugCriminalsRoughSanityProhibition Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“Female listeners are leaving traditional talk radio because of the rough-edged, shouting nature of it.” FemaleLeavingRadioTraditionalRoughListenersShoutingTalk Radio Author:Jane Fonda
“Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing out deals to specific groups. Coolidge fixed a problem like that. He came into a rough time and he, and Harding before him, fixed that by budgeting.” ProblemGovernmentInterestDealsGroupsRight NowConcernedRateCorruptionBudgetsFixedRoughRough TimesInterest RateGovernment CorruptionBudgetingHarding Author:Amity Shlaes
“There's a few historical reasons for why git was considered complicated. One of them is that it was complicated. The people who started using git very early on in order to work on the kernel really had to learn a very rough set of scripts to make everything work. All the effort had been on making the core technology work and very little on making it easy or obvious.” PeopleLittlesReasonOrderEasyEffortTechnologyHistoricalScriptsObviousComplicatedCoreRoughKernel Author:Linus Torvalds
“I would love to get to a point where people do trust the police and the police trust the citizens, and there is a harmonious way of living. It's rough out there. I've seen it. I've been part of it. I'm hoping for the best.” PeopleWayCitizensPoliceRoughHarmoniousHoping For The Best Author:Cedric Yarbrough
“Realism is important in foreign policy. You have to be realistic about what you can achieve, and about the pitfalls, and problems along the way, of which there are plenty. Nothing is easy. It's always rough.” WayImportantProblemEasyAchievePolicyPlentyRoughRealisticForeign PolicyRealismPitfallsNothing Is Easy Author:Daniel Fried
“Women had always been thought of as looking after the family when men go and earn an income and they're the bread earner and so on. So there is a kind of generation of inequality, [and], on top of the fact, women have pregnancies and periods, [and] when the children are very small, there are greater demands on their time. So one way or another women have had a pretty rough deal in the past, and there's no reason why that should continue, and any country that has tried to remedy that has succeeded in doing so.” MenWayShouldKindChildrenCountryReasonFactsPastDealsGreaterGenerationsPeriodsDemandIncomeBreadInequalityOne WayReason WhyNo ReasonRoughPregnancyRemedyAnother Woman Author:Amartya Sen
“My mom and my real father divorced before I was one. My mom and my stepfather divorced when I was in high school. Then she fell in love with a guy, and the guy died. That was a rough time. She has handled adversity well. That's where I got my work ethic. So my mother's where I got my love of music, but my father's where I got my athletic ability. And my hair loss. And my love of women.” WellsRealSchoolMotherGuyFatherLossAbilityHairMomEthicsHigh SchoolDiedAdversityMy MomRoughWork EthicDivorcedAthleticMusic LoveRough TimesStepfathersAthletic AbilityReal FatherHair Loss Author:Kenny Chesney
“The collective shortfall of the 3.08 billion people (47 percent of world population) who, in 2005, lived below $2.50 per day was $507 billion per annum, which indeed comes to about two-thirds of the present US military budget. This gives us a rough sense of how much the eradication of poverty would cost.” PeopleWorldGivingTwoPovertyMilitaryCostPercentThirdsPopulationBillionsBudgetsCollectivesRoughWorld PopulationUs MilitaryMilitary Budget Author:Thomas Pogge
“If you can learn to convey what you express in the first rough sketch, you're really saying what you need to say in that.” IfsNeedsFirstsRough Author:Barry Blitt
“By myself, I'm a hard pill. My wife makes me look real good, because she smoothes my rough edges. That's why I say, "Take your wife everywhere. It's a good thing."” LooksRealHardWifeGood ThingsEdgesMy WifeRoughPillsRough Edges Author:Terry Crews
“If you're a playwright, unless you're really lacking in get-up-and-go, you can always get your play up somewhere. You can't necessarily make a living doing it, but theater is about meeting an audience. Plays are not easier to write necessarily, they take less time to write. If you get them up, it's a much more rough-and-tumble kind of existence. I think it's, from my perspective, easier than novel writing.” IfsThinkingWritingKindPlayExistenceNovelAudiencePerspectiveEasierTheaterMeetingsGet UpRoughLackingPlaywrightNovel Writing Author:Tony Kushner
“Justin Lin is one of the most impressive people I've met professionally. I don't think he sleeps, or I think he sleeps 20 minutes every few hours during the night. Mostly, between shooting days, he was making rough cuts and other decisions with creative things on the Star Trek. He blew me away; in spite of working insane hours most days, his energy is incredibly generous and calm. Within the eye of storm, there was Justin there. He's someone who takes the temperature down and makes you feel calm in the middle of that, which is the greatest asset a huge production could have.” PeopleThinkingEyeNightEnergyHoursSleepDecisionCreativeCuttingCalmStormInsaneGenerousSpiteRoughImpressive Author:Lydia Wilson
“A script is a very rough material in a way. Whatever questions you might have regarding the script, you might find the beginning of the answers in the book.” BookRough Author:Isabelle Huppert
“There's something grueling but very appealing about rough, to-the-bone material in a low budget context. There's less between you and the material. There are less people. There is less time. There's often less technology. You have to concentrate very intensely, and you jump in a little deeper because there's nothing in your way... but there are challenges.” PeopleChallengesTechnologyRough Author:Laura Linney
“I recognize primaries are difficult things. We had a field of outstanding candidates. And primaries get a little bit rough. And it takes some time for people to get beyond those things.” PeopleDifficultRough Author:Mike Pence
“It's fun being one of the boys. It's fun to play a character that's rough and gets down and dirty and not to be this precious girl who just sits in the corner and just sort of stands by the action.” CharacterActionGirlFunBoysDirtyRough Author:Diane Kruger
“Donald Trump can't even handle the rough and tumble of a presidential campaign. He loses his cool at the slightest provocation. When he has gotten a tough question from a reporter, when he is challenged in a debate. When he sees a protester at a rally. Imagine, if you dare imagine, imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis. A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons. And in the end, it comes down to what Donald Trump doesn't get, America is great because America is good.” MenRealImagineOfficeToughCrisisDareDebatePresidentialRoughNuclear WeaponsTweetPresidential Campaign Author:Hillary Clinton
“We've always done things the way we wanted to. It's true that our experience affects some of our decision making, but that's a part of growing up and evolving as a band and as people. The first five or six years were really rough. We had no money. We were lost and crazy and made mistakes, but we learned a lot and suffered through tough times, and I think what we did reflected where we were and who we are.” PeopleThinkingDoneDecisionMistakeGrowing UpCrazyToughEvolveDecision MakingRoughTough TimesNo MoneyMade A Mistake Author:Jared Swilley
“I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.” MadeDreamTogetherPeaceLordOne DayMountainSpeechLowsGloryFleshHillsRoughValleysExaltedI Had A DreamAppeaseBeing TogetherReligious LoveI Have A Dream SpeechKings SpeechHills And Mountains Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I liked trumpet because it's related to boxing, but also it has a capacity to create a different type of beauty. There are fight fans, people who want to see that, but what they're really there to see is pretty rough. They're there for blood, which is fine. It's part of it. I enjoyed having the same type of internal, mental, physical fight, but enduring that sort of trauma or pain to send a message of love. I can still have the fight, but what I'm fighting for is more a reality that I want to create.” PeopleDifferentRealityPainFightingEndureTraumaBoxingRough Author:Christian Scott
“The first time I took my daughters to the ocean - and I love the ocean but where we swim is very rough, very New England, rip tide, not messing around ocean - and a thought arrived: I was asking my daughters to slowly recognize death, just dip their toes in its fathomless edge, to know it is there, even in the night when we don't see it and that it, in its mystery and largeness, in its terror, is the thing that makes life precious, magnificent and full of never-ending curiosity.” NightMysteryOceanDaughterFirst TimeCuriosityTerrorMy DaughterRoughSwimMagnificentRip Author:Samantha Hunt
“Now social media is a centerpiece of our lives. It can be a useful tool for connection and communication. It can ease the isolation that so many people feel in the modern world. But like anything that is powerful, it can have a bad side. As adults, many of us are able to handle mean words, even lies. Children and teenagers can be fragile. They are hurt when they are made fun of or made to feel less in looks or intelligence. This makes their life hard and can force them to hide and retreat. Our culture has gotten too mean and too rough, especially to children and teenagers.” PeopleWorldMeanChildrenLyingCultureFunHurtPowerfulModernCommunicationSocial MediaTeenagerIsolationRough Author:Melania Trump
“I think in general with micro-budget films right now, it's rough. The economy is rough. I think that affects everyone from big filmmakers to tiny filmmakers.” ThinkingFilmEconomyFilmmakerRough Author:Greta Gerwig
“I had never really heard of Meryl Streep before. Someone told me she was an actress and she'd been in a few things, but I said, you know, whatever. She showed up and she seemed somewhat inexperienced, so I gave her a few pointers, and I think she has a decent career ahead of her. It's always hard to tell these things in Hollywood, but I do think that she has some talent under there. I think she's a diamond in the rough.” ThinkingTalentDecentRoughDiamond Author:Cameron Monaghan
“If you don't enjoy making work, then it's bad. It's rough. Artwork is brutal for so many people. They let it happen to them, but it's brutal. I like the idea of an artist as somebody who works. A lot of the artists I like share this understanding.” PeopleArtistEnjoyUnderstandingShareRoughBrutal Author:Urs Fischer
“I was just staying home and getting stoned and drinking. It was a pretty rough period. I think that's kind of the whole theme of Indestructible Machine, how when you have social anxiety, you can sort of convince yourself that you've gotten over it by drinking a bottle of whiskey, but once you sober up you're still terrified of everything. Hence you're treating your body like it will never die. I think I have gotten better, just from touring so much, but I still definitely have the skittish nature.” ThinkingKindHomeAnxietyDrinkingConvinceOver ItRoughSoberWhiskeySocial Anxiety Author:Lydia Loveless
“Touring is a rough thing. You don't have any time to look around or stop and think if what you're doing is making you happy. The more you tour, the better the band gets, and you get caught up in a lot more things than just traveling. It becomes a way to survive.” ThinkingRoughCaught Up Author:Adam Granduciel
“The biggest thing that I don't like about L.A. is the sort of 2 a.m. shutdown of everything. It really kind of stagnates the nightlife. It's very hard to casually have fun in Los Angeles. If you want to go out and have fun it's like a full-time job, you have to really prepare, and call ahead, and get on a list, and know somebody... It's really rough to relax here.” KindFunHaving FunRelaxLos AngelesRough Author:Aaron McGruder
“In the media's eyes Bannon made Trump. Trump is too dumb to have made himself. Trump is too rough around the edges. Trump is not a deep enough thinker, and he's not nearly a brilliant strategist. Trump couldn't have gotten himself elected. That's what they all think. Bannon did that.” ThinkingEnoughEyeBrilliantDumbRoughThinker Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I grew up kind of rough, without very much. So, I just want to work as hard as I can so my kids won't have to go through what I did.” KindKidsRough Author:Bobby Lashley
“You don't know what a rough crowd is. If all I have to do is go make people laugh, that's nothing. Let me tell you what a tough crowd is. A tough crowd is going to a morning service and you got six people there and you gotta pay your house payment. That's a tough crowd.” PeopleIfsKnowsHouseMorningLaughingSixToughLet MeCrowdsRoughPaymentMaking People Laugh Author:Sam Kinison
“Digression is my passion. I love telling the main stories, but in some ways, what I love most is using those narratives as a way of stringing together the interesting stories that people have kind of forgotten, and that are kind of surprising. The problem is, how do you pare stories away so that the book doesn't become a distracting jumble of material, and readers lose focus? In my experience, there's really only one way to do that. I pack it all in with the rough draft, then count on myself and my trusted readers to tell me what's good and what's not good.” PeopleKindBookProblemTogetherPassionInterestingFocusForgottenRoughTrustedMy Passion Author:Erik Larson
“With stand-up you meet almost constant rejection. You put yourself out there with your thoughts and your ideas, and you think they're funny, and you hope other people think they're funny too. The only way you're going to find out is when you do it and what the reaction is going to be. So if you're not prepared for that, if you're not willing to go along with that, it's going to be a rough road. But beyond stand-up, in terms of auditioning for acting roles, you don't get most of the roles you audition for - you get a precious few.” PeopleThinkingTermActingRejectionRough Author:Paul F. Tompkins
“Confession basically means saying the same thing about your sin as God says. So if you say you want to develop integrity, but you're not willing to face the rough parts and confess them, you won't get there.” MeanSinIntegrityRoughConfession Author:David Jeremiah
“At practically every level, the way I make comics is an act of improvising within structural boundaries. There's a rough plan, with a beginning, middle and an end, but how I get from one point to another is unknown at the outset, and a large part of what keeps me engaged. It's an exploration for me, and hopefully for the reader as well.” BoundariesHopefullyRoughExploration Author:Jason Lutes
“There was always this sort of weird process in the development and pre-production, thinking, 'How do we get the studio tracks that Joy Division recorded that are so clean and pristine but sound rough and live and how do we get the live versions to actually sound clear enough so you can make out what they're saying?' That was sort of the frustration with Anton Corbijn and myself, figuring out how we make that work.” ThinkingEnoughJoyTrackFrustrationRough Author:Orian Williams
“It's always kind of a bit rough having a camera crew documenting your life. And then you just kind of forget that they're there and you get into the flow of things. And away you go. Everything is real, so there's no performing involved. It's just a matter of a comfort level.” KindRealForgetComfortPerformingRough Author:Dean McDermott
“For any economy, there are two basic factors determining how many jobs are available at any given time. The first is the overall level of activity - with GDP as a rough, if inadequate measure of overall activity - and the second is what share of GDP goes to hiring people into jobs. In terms of our current situation, after the Great Recession hit in full in 2008, US GDP has grown at an anemic average rate of 1.3 percent per year, as opposed to the historic average rate from 1950 until 2007 of 3.3 percent.” PeopleTermSituationEconomyShareRateRoughHistoricInadequateHiring Author:Robert Pollin
“So many people have disappointed me. And there's also been so many people - not so many, but a few people who make everything worth it, stick through it, and they show loyalty. And no matter what goes down, seas or rough or calm Sunday afternoon, those are people that are worth it. You die for those people.” PeopleCalmLoyaltySundayRoughDisappointedWorth It Author:Camila Cabello
“It's the rough diamond that dictates what you can get out of a diamond. You can't say, "I'm going to make this," or, "I'm going to make that." It's nature. Whatever nature gives us, we explore and we build on. We can't create something that is not in the stone, so we take away as many imperfections as we can. Sometimes, you can't take them all away. But mostly, our cut, our polish, the life we put into the stones, the beauty that we bring out is exceptional.” GivingSometimesCuttingRoughImperfectionDiamondExceptional Author:Laurence Graff
“I'm sure as I progress the sound may get cleaner but right now, I'm still interested in having it rough but never overwhelmingly so. I consider myself an amateur pop songwriter and I want that to come through, too.” ProgressRoughPop Song Author:Dee Dee Ramone
“I suppose it's nice that I've made films that some people have heard of and respect. That's great. And it's certainly helpful in some regards, but they're really tough economic prospects. They always have been, and that's not necessarily getting any better. And not just the films, but it's also been a rough 10 years for that independent film market. And so I have stumbled onto this point in the timeline where the kind of stuff that I'm trying to do is not... it was a lot easier to know what to do with it 20 years ago.” PeopleTryingKindFilmNiceEconomicToughIndependentHelpfulRough Author:Andrew Bujalski
“When I pick up a pencil, that this is a rough draft. This is not going anywhere, and no one's going to see it. You have permission to make all the mistakes you want. It signals freedom to me, and it signals mistakes. Then when I put it on the computer, a different part of my brain kicks in and I really evaluate every single word and sentence and make decisions. I like that step of polishing while I'm rewriting the entire thing, not just cutting and pasting. Really putting in every word and making a decision: is this something I can stand by?” DifferentDecisionMistakeBrainCuttingComputerRoughSingle Word Author:Lily King
“The act of choosing what to place in your piece when you're a historian or a non-fiction writer already renders it into fiction for someone else. In some ways fiction comes a lot closer to reality. When you start talking about something as brutal as slavery and life in the American West, it's really important to take a non- judgmental stance. We romanticize a great deal about life in the American West, but I thank God I wasn't living during that time. No matter what color you were, it was rough, crude, tough living.” ImportantRealityToughSlaveryRoughHistorianThank GodBrutalCrudeJudgmental Author:James McBride