When I was a kid, I believed in Santa Claus. But it was very tough because in the Dominican… there are not a lot of rich people there. – Alfonso Soriano
Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that’s a tough call. That’s rebellion. – Alice Cooper
I’m addicted to a really tough workout. I like to be drenched in sweat when I’m done because I feel accomplished. – Alison Sweeney
Bavaro’s probably as tough of a – physically and mentally as tough a football player as I’ve ever coached. So, I would put him in the rare category there. – Bill Belichick
I come from a pretty tough background and I learned a long time ago not to be bothered. – Bob Ainsworth
Well, the tough thing for them is that the Republican primary is pretty far over to the right, just as the Democratic primary is further over to the left than the average voter in each party. – Chuck Schumer
Short stories consume you faster. They’re connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as a form, but they’re also a total joy. – Ali Smith
Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths. – Campbell Brown
Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It’s tough to do that when we’re terrified about what people might see or think. – Brene Brown
Miss Rice talks very tough. We have gotten used to this nonsense. Miss Rice is a bit emotional about this, and we predicted that she would have a more emotional approach to this. – Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Unless it’s something very clever like ‘Memento,’ most independent films have a very tough life out there. – Allison Anders
‘SNL’ is really hard to do when you’re single and living alone. And then it’s pretty tough when you’re married, because you don’t see your spouse. – Bill Hader
I write literary biographies, so above all, I have to love the subject’s books. But choosing a subject is tough. – Blake Bailey
Every administration has this idea to talk tough to Israel and make nice to the Arabs and the Palestinians, and that’s the way to bring about peace. It’s counter-productive – it’s actually the opposite. – Chuck Schumer
I went over a year without playing baseball. At 39, not playing for a year, a year and a half, there were a lot of nights I was saying, ‘This is going to be tough.’ – Alex Rodriguez
If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind… by going first, we can become first. – Chris Christie
Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly backed down. – Alexander Haig
Nothing takes the sting out of these tough economic times like watching a bunch of millionaires giving golden statues to each other. – Billy Crystal
When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it. – Allen Klein
I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It’s a tough age, period. – Bill Skarsgard