“Courage is a terribly important value. It means you don’t run away when things are tough. It means you don’t turn away from a friend when he or she is in trouble. It means standing up against the majority opinion... There’s a lot of people who won’t wear it on their sleeve, or display it through some heroic act. But courage is having the strength to do what’s honorable and decent.” PeopleMeanImportantRunningValuesTurnsOpinionCourageTroubleToughStandingMajorityDecentHeroicRunning AwayDisplayHonorableSleevesHeroic ActsImportant ValuesMajority Opinion Author:George H. W. Bush
“I know people who say Hollywood broke her heart, and all that, but I dont believe it. She was very observant and tough minded and appealing, but she adored and trusted the wrong people. She was very courageous-you know the book Twelve Against the Gods? Marilyn was like that, she had to challenge the gods at every turn.” PeopleKnowsBelieveHeartBookTurnsChallengesToughHollywoodBrokeCourageousTwelveTrustedObservant Book:On Cukor Source: On Cukor
“Turns out that people who try new things, go new places, learn new skills, etc. are happier. This can be tough, because novelty and challenge also bring frustration and irritation - but if you can push through that, novelty and challenge can bring enormous happiness rewards.” PeopleIfsTryingTurnsChallengesSkillsToughRewardsEnormousFrustrationEtcNew ThingsNoveltyIrritationNew PlacesNew Skills Author:Gretchen Rubin
“In good times, people turn to Left wing parties, in bad times, they say, well, possibly Left-wing parties can't make those tough decisions... We've got to buck that trend” PeopleWellsTurnsLeftDecisionPartyToughWingsGood TimesTrendsBucksBad TimesLeft WingTough Decisions Author:Ed Miliband
“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
“We've been cooperative with the NFL investigation. We'll continue to do so and we will turn all our attention and focus on to the Seattle Seahawks, a very well coached, talented, tough, competitive football team.” WellsTurnsAttentionFocusTeamFootballToughNflInvestigationSeattleFootball TeamCooperatives Author:Bill Belichick
“Those who have come into Formula One without experiencing cars devoid of electronic aids will find it tough. To control 800 horse power relying just on arm muscles and foot sensitivity can turn out to be a dangerous exercise.” TurnsFeetDangerousCarArmsExerciseToughHorseAidsMusclesFormulasSensitivityFormula One Author:Michael Schumacher
“On Wall Street, fraudulent schemes tend to thrive during economic booms, and to blow up when times turn tough.” TurnsEconomicStreetsWallToughBlowThriveSchemes Author:James Surowiecki
“Creating legislation is a tough process. But watering down legislation? Strangling it with lawsuits and comment letters and blue-ribbon committees? Not so tough, it turns out.” TurnsProcessCreatingToughLettersBlueCommentCommitteesLegislationRibbonsLawsuitStrangling Author:Matt Taibbi
“When they came to harvest my corpse (open your mouth, close your eyes) cut my body from the rope, surprise, surprise: I was still alive. Tough luck, folks, I know the law: you can't execute me twice for the same thing. How nice. I fell to the clover, breathed it in, and bared my teeth at them in a filthy grin. You can imagine how that went over. Now I only need to look out at them through my sky-blue eyes. They see their own ill will staring then in the forehead and turn tail Before, I was not a witch. But now I am one.” KnowsNeedsLooksStillsBodyEyeLawTurnsNiceCuttingAliveImagineSkyMouthsToughBlueLuckSurpriseFolksIllTeethStaringWitchTailsHarvestRopeCorpsesForeheadsBlue EyesFilthyIll WillClovers Author:Margaret Atwood
“Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.” JobsTurnsToughSaintOld WomanMaidensSorceress Author:Tanith Lee
“That is nice, Mr. Morgan. Because in response to your tough-guy speech, I, in turn, would’ve had to give you my tough-girl speech, about where, exactly, federal prosecutors who come to my office looking for assistance can stick their obstruction of justice threats” GivingGuyTurnsGirlJusticeNiceSpeechOfficeToughThreatSticksResponseAssistanceProsecutorObstructionTough GuyTough Girl Book:Love Irresistibly Source: Love Irresistibly
“Check this out,” Nine says. He holds up a small purple stone and then places it on the back of his hand. The stone slides into his hand—through it. Nine turns his hand over just as the stone pops out in his palm. “Pretty cool, right?” he asks me, waggling his eyebrows. “Uh, but what is it supposed to do?” Eight asks, looking up from his own Chest. “I dunno. Impress girls?” Nine looks over at me. “Did it work?” “Um . . .” I hesitate, trying not to roll my eyes too hard. “Not really. But, I’ve seen guys teleport so I’m kind of hard to impress.” “Tough crowd.” TryingLooksKindHardHandsEyeGuyTurnsGirlAsksToughStonesCrowdsPopsEightNineChecksAsk MeChestsImpressPalmsPurpleEyebrowsSlidesImpress A Girl Author:Pittacus Lore