“You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild. I lied a lot because I knew the alternative was to be punished. As I got older I realised I didn't have to lie any more and it was a nice feeling. I could be myself.” PeopleShowsFeelingsLyingGirlGrowsAttitudeGrowing UpNiceToughAlternativesShyLiedRealisedUnlovedBoyishNice Feeling Author:Maj Sjowall
“The vigorous branching of life's tree, and not the accumulating valor of mythical marches to progress, lies behind the persistence and expansion of organic diversity in our tough and constantly stressful world. And if we do not grasp the fundamental nature of branching as the key to life's passage across the geological stage, we will never understand evolution aright.” IfsWorldLyingBehindsProgressTreeStageKeysEvolutionDiversityToughFundamentalsPersistenceMarchPassagesExpansionStressfulVigorousValor Book:I Have Landed: Splashes and Reflections in Natural History Source: I Have Landed: Splashes and Reflections in Natural History
“Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.” MayTruthLyingBreakFootballHonorTruth IsToughRoundsEveningKicksBubblesMoment Of TruthTouch Football Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
“It was tough sitting in jail listening to Jay Leno and Rush Limbaugh and everybody making jokes about me getting shot. And watching the media report all kinds of lies about me, like that I got raped in jail. That never happened. But at least while I was locked down, all the inmates gave me props encouragement, and so did lots of mothers and kids, who wrote me letters of support.” KindKidsLyingMotherSupportListeningJokesToughEncouragementAll Kinds Author:Tupac Shakur
“But while I'd be their daughter, while I'd eat the roast and come home from dates and wash the dishes, I would also be myself. I would love my mother, but I'd never want to be her again. I would never be what someone else wanted me to be. I would never laugh at a joke I didn't think was funny. I would never tell another lie. I would be the truth-teller, starting today. That would be tough. But I was tougher.” ThinkingWantHomeWould BeTodayWantedLyingMotherLaughingJokesDaughterToughStartingComing HomeDishesStarting Today Book:What I Saw and How I Lied Source: What I Saw and How I Lied
“It’s tough to get out of bed; I know that myself. You can lie there for an hour and a half without thinking anything, just worrying about what the day holds and knowing that you won’t be able to deal with it.” ThinkingKnowsAbleLyingHoursDealsHalfWorryKnowingBedTough Author:Ned Vizzini
“I have a rule on my team: When we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.” ThinkingGivingLooksEyeLyingSportsTeamBasketballToughCoachesMotivational SportsNbaInspirational BasketballGreat CoachSports CoachCoaches MotivationalCoaches And PlayersInspirational CoachPlayer To Coach Author:Mike Krzyzewski