“It's always difficult, especially the U.S. Open, the last of the Grand Slams. It's always tough because you know, the season is very long. I really played a lot this year. Sometimes it's really hard to stay focused all the time because you're really tired after the whole season.” KnowsYearsLongSometimesHardWholeLastsDifficultToughSeasonsTiredFocusedStay FocusedSlam Author:Agnieszka Radwanska
“Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth. If you imagine yourself having to spend two and a bit hours cooking bolognaise, remembering a whole major work by David Hare and speaking it at the correct moment between chopping carrots and stirring the onions in front of an audience - the normal human response is 'Please, can I go to the airport?'” IfsHumansTwoIdeasPlayWholeMomentsRememberActorsBitsHoursAudienceImagineFrontsPleaseNormalMajorsToughCookingResponseMythOpeningProtectedAirportsStirringOnionsCarrotsHaresChopping Author:Bill Nighy
“The belief in potential human virtue underlies the whole idea of the Bill of Rights; the document is a very tough guardian of that belief.” HumansIdeasWholeBeliefVirtueRightsToughBillsDocumentsGuardianBill Of Rights Author:Roger Rosenblatt
“I stay off the booze for a whole 12 weeks before a fight, it can be tough!” WholeFightingWeekToughBooze Author:Michael Bisping
“Having a tough time, things aren't working out no matter what you try and do? That's because you are spending your whole life just doing things for yourself. That's a very limited view of your being.” TryingMatterWholeViewsYogaToughNo Matter WhatWork OutSpendingWhole LifeKarmaTough TimesKarma Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“People thought it was asinine for me to change my swing after I won the Masters by 12 shots. ... Why would you want to change that? Well, I thought I could become better. If I play my best, I'm pretty tough to beat. I'd like to play my best more frequently, and that's the whole idea. That's why you make changes. I thought I could become more consistent.” PeopleIfsWantWellsIdeasPlayWholeMastersBeatsShotsToughConsistentSwingsMaking Changes Author:Tiger Woods
“When fighting zombies, the only comfort one can have--if, indeed, it can be called a "comfort"--is knowing where the zombies are. "They are over there, and we are over here. When they come at us, we're going to shoot them down. That's how it's going to work. They're just zombies, and they're way over there. No way are we going to f*** this up." But when zombies then unexpectedly pop up behind you--Bam!--the whole battle plan's not so cut and dried, is it, Mr. Tough Guy?” IfsWayWholeGuyFightingBehindsKnowingCuttingPlansComfortBattleToughPopsGoing To WorkZombieBehind YouTough Guy Author:Scott Kenemore
“Our two biggest rivals had adjusted their whole season to this one aim of beating us. Of course, it is a big compliment that they were so motivated to stop us but it was very tough to face two matches like that so close together. Suddenly three trophies are down to one.” TwoWholeBigsTogetherFacesThreeCoursesSportsToughSeasonsAimComplimentMotivatedRivalsTrophies Author:Dennis Bergkamp
“A game is where you win and lose, and both are part of it. When there is more chance of losing, it is more charming. The game has value when it is tough. So some little problems that come in life are part of the whole game.” LittlesWholeProblemValuesGamesWinningLosesChanceLosingToughCharmingWinning And Losing Author:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
“Instead of staying strong and working through when times are really tough, I usually quit this recipe for failure and start a whole new recipe. So if something is too challenging, I tend to chalk it up as not a good fit, and move on to something else.” IfsWholeMovingStrongChallengesFitToughQuittingStayingRecipesStay StrongChalk Author:Derek Sivers
“Perk, from the minute you got here... I hated you before you got here... But the moment you got here, man, you just changed my whole perception of you. Just one of the best teammates I ever had. I just thank you so much. The late night calls after tough games, you texting me, telling me I'm the MVP. That means a lot to me, man. Thank you.” MenMeanWholeMomentsNightGamesMinutesChangedLatePerceptionToughHatedJust OneTeammateHumblingTextingPerksBest TeamLate NightMvpTough Games Author:Kevin Durant
“We just forced them into tough shots that whole overtime. It was a classic five minutes that we needed.” WholeFiveMinutesNeededShotsToughClassicFive MinutesNba Finals Author:Stephen Curry
“I think there's a whole bunch of things that go along with being a girl. You're not supposed to have opinions or be tough or strong. You're supposed to be soft and vulnerable, and I find those qualities important in both men and women.” ThinkingMenImportantWholeGirlStrongQualityOpinionMen And WomenToughBunchVulnerableSupposed To BeBeing A Girl Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“I put my energy into writing songs. I have to carve out a living somehow doing this, and licensing is one way. It's hard to register what's "too much" for other people. I don't watch TV, so it's tough for me to gauge. I just take it as it comes, and don't put a whole lot of thought into it.” PeopleWayWritingHardWholeSongEnergyWatchesToo MuchTvsToughOne WayRegisterWriting SongsGaugesLicensing Author:Iron & Wine
“And so, in terms of setting the right tone and finding a way of presenting all of these things, that creates a cohesive whole and doesn't alienate the audience, is tough. That's a challenge. And I think the tone of a lot of shows is discovered through experimentation and actually making it. Eventually, it starts to cohere.” ThinkingWayWholeShowsTermChallengesAudienceFindingsToughSettingSettingsTonePresentingExperimentation Author:Michael Sheen
“The invention progress is tough sometimes. When I first choreographed the Drunken Master in the past with Jackie Chan, I spent months to create the whole sequence. There were no fight sequences before; it's just a name. I have to choreograph it all by myself.” FirstsSometimesWholePastFightingNamesProgressMastersMonthsToughInventionSequenceJackie Author:Yuen Woo-ping
“I love the fact that we've made a film that not only the whole family can go to and enjoy but, you know, it's actually having an effect. You know, Rey's character is a tough woman who your 6-year-old can pick up a lightsaber now and go for it.” KnowsYearsMadeWholeCharacterFactsFilmEnjoyEffectsPicksToughWhole FamilyTough Women Author:Maryann Brandon
“It's tough though because of the whole part about getting sponsors and people out to watch women's cycling. I think the only way that women can really work it is that we have to work our way more into these big grand tours that the men have like the Tour de Georgia, Tour of Utah, and Tour of California.” PeopleThinkingMenWayWholeBigsWatchesHe ManToughCaliforniaWorking ItGeorgiaCyclingSponsorsUtah Author:Kristin Armstrong
“I don't mean to be flippant about cancer - it was hard, it was tough and it was scary. Then my next manuscript was about cancer because I had a whole new topic to write about. And because I wrote, it didn't take over. Writing took the chaos out of cancer.” WritingMeanHardWholeNextToughChaosCancerScaryTopicsManuscriptsFlippant Author:Natalie Goldberg
“Running for office in our country takes a lot of money, and candidates have to go out and raise it. New York is probably the leading site for contributions for fundraising for candidates on both sides of the aisle, and it's also our economic center. And there are a lot of people here who should ask some tough questions before handing over campaign contributions to people who were really playing chicken with our whole economy.” PeopleShouldCountryWholeRunningAsksSidesEconomyEconomicNew YorkOfficeToughRaisesCampaignsOur CountryCandidatesContributionChickensLots Of MoneySiteBoth SidesAisleFundraisingRunning For OfficeHanding OverTough QuestionsCampaign Contributions Author:Hillary Clinton
“Even in these tough economic times, Barack [Obama] has left the VA budget as is so that they're prepared to deal with this influx of men and women who are coming home and dealing with a whole array of issues, not just around mental health but just caregiving and the stresses of reconnecting with families who have been away from each other for a very long time.” MenLongHas BeensWholeHomeLeftDealsIssuesEconomicLong TimeMen And WomenToughStressMental HealthPreparedBarackBudgetsComing HomeCaregivingReconnectingAway From Each OtherTough Economic Times Author:Michelle Obama
“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
“Apartment living is tough action. Just the whole idea that you share a washer and dryer always freaked me out.” IdeasWholeActionShareToughApartmentDryers Author:Joe Rogan
“Hometown Aerosmith fans are different from other Aerosmith fans, and that mainly has to do with Joe Perry. It's tough to overstate his strange grip on the local psyche. Tyler is a star who belongs to the whole world, but Perry, that dude belongs to Boston.” WorldDifferentWholeStarsFansStrangeToughWhole WorldLocalsBostonHometownAerosmith Author:Rob Sheffield
“Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in a while, and considering the bad news and what it might mean, and making the occasional tough choice, and soberly taking stock of what your real interests are.” LooksMeanRealWholeMightChoicesInterestDemocracyCitizensNewsToughConsideringLooking GoodOccasionalBad NewsTough Choices Author:Matt Taibbi
“Christ, how did you ever get this screwed up! his mind demanded of him. He knew the answer, but even that was not a full explanation. Different segments of the organism called John Terrance Kelly knew different parts of the whole story, but somehow they'd never all come together, leaving the separate fragments of what had ...once been a tough, smart, decisive and to blunder about in confusion - and despair! There was a happy thought.” MindDifferentWholeStoriesTogetherChristAnswersDespairSmartToughLeavingConfusionExplanationOrganismsFragmentsBlundersScrewed UpHappy Thoughts Author:Tom Clancy
“Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.” KnowsMadeWholeStoriesSoundLinesLaughingToughBottomDragonsBottom LinePragmaticIdealist Author:Madeleine Albright
“Law and order is a social service. Crime and the fear which the threat of crime induces can paralyse whole communities, keep lonely and vulnerable elderly people shut up in their homes, scar young lives and raise to cult status the swaggering violent bully who achieves predatory control over the streets. I suspect that there would be more support and less criticism than today's political leaders imagine for a large shift of resources from Social Security benefits to law and order - as long as rhetoric about getting tough on crime was matched by practice.” PeopleLongWholeHomeWould BeTodayLawYoungPoliticalOrderSocialCommunityLeaderPracticeSupportImagineStreetsAchieveSecurityCrimeBenefitsToughResourcesCriticismLonelyRaisesThreatViolentVulnerableSuspectsScarRhetoricShut UpCultBullySocial SecurityElderlyLaw And OrderPolitical LeadersMatchedSocial ServicePredatoryYoung Life Author:Margaret Thatcher
“He came third in the state for woodwork,” Francesca explains. “We actually had to be proud of him for a whole week. Tough times.” StatesWholeWeekProudToughThirdsBe ProudTough TimesProud Of Him Author:Melina Marchetta
“Korean children get a lot of fuss made over them, I guess because life was tough in the old country, and it was a big deal if you survived. There's a big party thrown when you are 100 days old, followed by another when you make it to one whole year.” IfsYearsChildrenMadeCountryWholeBigsDealsPartyToughThrownSurvivedBig DealKoreanWhole Year Author:Margaret Cho
“It's hard enough to get any movie made, and when you take on these tough genres - and I've done it a couple times - it just makes the whole struggle more.” MadeHardDoneEnoughWholeStruggleCoupleToughGenreHard Times Author:Lawrence Kasdan