“My goal was to do the best job I could in governing the state of Wisconsin, in some cases making very tough decisions to have to bring our spending in line with the resources we had at the state level.” StatesJobsGoalLinesDecisionLevelsCasesToughResourcesSpendingDo The BestGoverningBest JobWisconsinTough DecisionsWisconsin WeatherMaking Tough Decisions Author:Scott McCallum
“You know, as a woman, it is tough to get to the top - like to get to that respected level in this industry - in any industry, I think.” ThinkingKnowsLevelsIndustryTough Author:Jessie J
“The Ricky Hatton that beat Kostya Tszyu in 2005 can beat Floyd Mayweather, he was so focused and in such amazing physical shape that he would have given anybody at that level a tough time.” GivenLevelsShapesBeatsToughFocusedTough TimesMayweatherFloyd MayweatherRicky Hatton Author:Sugar Ray Leonard
“The techno-industrial system is exceptionally tough due to its so-called "democratic" structure and its resulting flexibility. Because dictatorial systems tend to be rigid, social tensions and resistance can be built up in them to the point where they damage and weaken the system and may lead to revolution. But in a "democratic" system, when social tension and resistance build up dangerously the system backs off enough, it compromises enough, to bring the tensions down to a safe level.” MayEnoughSocialLevelsRevolutionSafeToughBuiltStructureDemocraticDuesResistanceCompromiseDamageTensionFlexibilityTechno Author:Theodore Kaczynski
“I think it's very, very tough to compare postseason and in-season, just for the simple fact that there's the heightened levels of energy on both sides of the ball.” ThinkingFactsEnergySidesSimpleLevelsToughSeasonsBallsCompareBoth SidesPostseason Author:Ndamukong Suh
“We have to continue at a high level and make them take tough shots.” LevelsShotsToughChampionshipHigh LevelNba Championships Author:LeBron James
“Right now, we continue to see demand at very strong levels. It's tough to find a Wii now. If we hit 100 stores in the area, we would find Wiis in only 20 percent of them today. That tremendous strength we had in December really wiped the pipeline clean. Our pipeline, the retailer pipeline. And so with that kind of demand, it doesn't suggest the need for any pricing actions.” IfsNeedsKindTodayActionStrongLevelsRight NowDemandPercentToughAreasCleanStoresVery StrongDecemberPipelinePricingRetailersWii Author:Cammie Dunaway
“You gotta not care about what people think in general about you. I'm not talking about bad stuff, if you're a nasty person, because I don't consider myself a mean person, I consider that I know what i want and I'm tough. But I'm very emotional and un-tough on a lot of levels, I cry very easily, I'm sensitive and I don't think that's a bad thing.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantMeanPersonsCareStuffLevelsTalkingCryEmotionalToughSensitiveBad ThingsNastyNot TalkingBad StuffMean Person Author:Joan Jett
“It's very tough to give advice because it's tough out there for everybody but for a girl it's even tougher, because I don't think the glass ceiling has changed at all in the past 30 years. Otherwise the radio would be covered with girl bands, or girls in bands, so I don't think much has changed on that level. But I think that bands can still have a lot of success trying to go another route.” ThinkingGivingTryingYearsStillsWould BePastGirlLevelsAdviceChangedBandToughGlassesRadioCoveredRoutesCeilingsGlass Ceiling Author:Joan Jett
“Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting ambivalence is just the sense of satori rising. Try, trust, try, and trust again, and eventually you'll feel your mind change its focus to a new level of understanding.” FeelsTryingMindLife IsEasyUnderstandingDecisionLevelsFocusWorstToughRisingAmbivalenceTough DecisionsSatoriTrusting Again Author:Martha Beck
“It's very tough for a woman in the music business, and he really was such a motivator from the beginning, when I was super-shy, and he saw a lot in me on a personal level that he knew could carry through on the stage.” LevelsSawsStageToughShyMusic Business Author:Gloria Estefan
“I think the bottom line is that if you get through a childhood like mine, it's not at all bad. Obviously, you come out a pretty tough turkey, and you have had all the inoculations you need to keep you on a level keel for the rest of your life. The sad part is, most of us don't come out.” IfsThinkingNeedsLinesLevelsChildhoodMinesToughBottomTurkeysBottom LineRest Of Your LifeKeel Author:James A. Michener
“I'm active even on bad days; it's tough to pin me down. People ask me if I'm a morning or night person. I'm an all-the-time person. I like drinking coffee, but I do it with lots of milk because my energy levels are high even without caffeine. You could call me Obelix, except I don't have a belly.” PeopleIfsPersonsNightAsksEnergyLevelsMorningToughDrinkingActiveCoffeeAsk MeCall MeMilkBellyPinsBad DayCaffeineDrinking CoffeeEnergy LevelsNight Person Author:Bipasha Basu
“I didn't want the film to be didactic, and this is tough because if you look at the list of issues, you have immigration, the education system, you have the grieving, you have suicide. I think what saved me were two things. I tried to do everything with some level of restraint and let the spectator make up his own mind.” IfsThinkingWantMindLooksTwoFilmLevelsIssuesToughSuicideListsSavedImmigrationGrievingTwo ThingsRestraintSpectatorsEducation SystemDidactic Author:Philippe Falardeau
“I think about never letting anybody get the ball in my zone, about being tough. If the ball is taken away from me, I'm the first one to take it back. You can rise to higher levels depending on your level of pride.” IfsThinkingFirstsLevelsTakenPrideHigherToughBallsZoneHigher Level Author:Shannon Higgins-Cirovski
“I'm not going to get into details, but every band has their moments when things are tough. Just logistically, tough on your body, stress levels, psychologically tough, relationships can be tough.” MomentsBodyLevelsBandToughStressDetailsYour BodyStress Levels Author:Andrew Wyatt
“They [Tom Hanks and Paul Newman] were simply always high level masters, and taught me as a kid actor never to be an a*shole to anybody, because it would be very tough to get past where they are.” Would BeKidsPastActorsLevelsTaughtMastersToughTomsHigh LevelNewman Author:Tyler Hoechlin
“We are getting used to levels of violence, we are getting used to seeing these horrific things going on all the time. I think it's tough. It's rough.” ThinkingUsedLevelsViolenceSeeingToughRoughHorrific Author:Michal Rovner
“I have to say, opening up in New York taught me a lot about that level of attention to detail. London's a tough market, Paris is a tough market, but New York, well, that's extraordinary.” WellsLevelsAttentionNew YorkTaughtToughExtraordinaryDetailsLondonOpeningParisOpening UpAttention To Detail Author:Gordon Ramsay
“It was tough [to move to the Golden State Warriors] because of my success level in New York. To leave this city and go out west and move my family was tough, but this is part of the business. Something as a player that might happen to you.” StatesMightHappensMovingLevelsCitiesPlayerNew YorkToughMy FamilyWestGoldenWarrior Author:John Starks
“We are in tough economic times right now, and the first thing we have to do is look at how we're spending the dollars that we have, and at what kind of return on investment we're getting. Because I think it will show that spending more money without fixing the fundamental flaws in the system won't produce anything different in terms of results. In DC, we were spending a whole lot of money on things that had no positive impact on students' achievement levels.” ThinkingFirstsLooksKindDifferentWholeShowsTermLevelsResultsEconomicStudentsProduceReturnRight NowAchievementToughFundamentalsImpactDollarsInvestmentSpendingFlawsMore MoneyLots Of MoneyFixingPositive ImpactReturn On InvestmentStudent AchievementTough Economic Times Author:Michelle Rhee
“Americans are fighters. We're tough, resourceful and creative, and if we have the chance to fight on a level playing field, where everyone pays a fair share and everyone has a real shot, then no one - no one can stop us.” IfsRealFightingChanceLevelsPayCreativeShareFieldsShotsToughFairsFighterPlaying FieldsResourcefulFair ShareLevel Playing Field Author:Elizabeth Warren
“I think when you start to do well and get your confidence back, everything becomes more fun. When you're playing with not your full capacity of confidence, I think things get a little tough. I knew I could be doing better than what I was doing. Even though I was ranked 5 or 4 or whatever it was, I wanted to get back to the level I thought I could play at.” ThinkingWellsLittlesPlayWantedFunLevelsToughCapacityTennisGet BackMotivational Tennis Author:Lindsay Davenport
“Hockey is a tough game. With all the talk and everything that's going on right now, it frightens me a little bit that we are giving our players an excuse not to hit. I just hope that we don't take that out of our game at the pro level.” GivingLittlesGamesBitsSportsLevelsPlayerRight NowLittle BitToughExcuseHockeyTough Games Author:Bobby Orr