“Life can be tough sometimes. But I think it just starts with admitting, 'Okay, the world's not perfect, how do we live our lives within that and not be miserable?'” ThinkingWorldSometimesPerfectOur LivesToughOkayMiserableNot PerfectAdmitting Author:Amy Lee
“When something drastic happens in our life, one person goes and hides and doesn't want to be seen. That's what I did. [Others] want to stand up and fight and think they're tough. Like if someone gets shot, you're either scared of guns or you think you're Superman. In my situation, I wanted to hide. I didn't want to be seen anymore.” IfsThinkingWantPersonsHappensWantedFightingSituationOur LivesGunShotsToughScaredDrastic Author:Gilbert Arenas
“On the other hand, if you suggest to a person who has been a victim of a serious crime that we take the issue too seriously, they'll look at you like you're crazy. So that's a really tough issue, whether we're doing more harm than good by paying so much attention to a few cases that honestly don't normally intersect with our lives.” IfsLooksPersonsHas BeensHandsAttentionCasesIssuesOur LivesCrazyCrimeSeriousLike YouToughVictimHarmHonestly Author:Bill James
“My grandmother instilled in me a toughness that comes with survival. She was a tough lady and never truly enjoyed her life. She would always worry about things and I would tell her that it wasn't going to get her anywhere and it didn't. I wasn't even that smart back then, but I knew that worrying about everyone else wasn't good for her health. As Latinos, we stress and worry so much about the future when the future is today. As long as we protect what's good in our lives, we will be all right.” LongTodayWorryOur LivesProtectSurvivalSmartToughStressEnjoyedGrandmotherMy GrandmotherLatinoToughnessStress And WorryTough Lady Author:George Lopez
“The choices that make a significant difference in our lives are the tough ones. They're not often fun or easy, but they're the ones we have to make, and each is a deliberate step toward better understanding who we really are.” CharacterChoicesFunEasyUnderstandingDifferencesStepsOur LivesToughSignificantDeliberate Book:Making Choices Source: Making Choices
“Just trying to live our lives and figuring out how to turn that into art. It's tough to say that the art was premeditated. Instead you just focused on living. 'How do I want to live? What do I want to do?' Then you figured out how to make that into art.” WantTryingArtTurnsOur LivesToughFocused Author:Casey Neistat
“Even though the press at times made me completely crazy as they followed me around the hall, and asked tough questions over and over again - now believe me, every politician feels this way - it is a necessary part of our life, and we must have a press that isn't cowed and won't be afraid of ratings if they get put to the back of the room at a press conference.” IfsWayFeelsBelieveMadeRoomsOur LivesCrazyPoliticianToughPressesHallsBelieve In MeConferencesRatingPress ConferencesTough Questions Author:Barbara Boxer
“I had no one to help me, but the T. S. Eliot helped me. So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or an option, or for the educated middle classes, or that it shouldn’t be read at school because it is irrelevant, or any of the strange stupid things that are said about poetry and its place in our lives, I suspect that the people doing the saying have had things pretty easy. A tough life needs a tough language – and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers – a language powerful enough to say how it is. It isn’t a hiding place. It is a finding place.” PeopleNeedsSaidEnoughHelpingSchoolLiteratureLanguageEasyPowerfulClassOur LivesMiddleStupidStrangeOffersFindingsToughEducatedLuxuryHelp MeMiddle ClassPoetry IsSuspectsHidingIrrelevantStupid ThingsHiding PlaceEliotTough Life Author:Jeanette Winterson
“She is all I could ever ask for, she is perfect, and right now, with those big, green eyes and pillowy lips and alabaster thighs, the idea of doing this for the rest of our lives doesn’t seem all that daunting. She’s the last reprieve. The stay of execution. She gives me hope. But times are tough for dreamers. And even if my dream is a simple one—all I want is for Her to be in love with me forever—I know it’s still a long shot. Life ruins everything.” IfsKnowsWantGivingLongStillsIdeasDreamBigsSeemsEyeLastsAsksSimplePerfectForeverOur LivesRight NowShotsToughGive MeGreenLipsRuinsDreamerExecutionThighsGreen EyesLong ShotsReprieve Book:Gray Source: Gray