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In my experience, growing up in Brooklyn and all that, the real tough guys didn't act tough. They didn't talk tough. They were tough, you know? I think about these politicians who try to pose as tough guys - it makes me laugh.

— Pete Hamill

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✓Similar Perspectives

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.

— Simon Sinek

I'm tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he's not a predator. He doesn't have to prove himself. Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain't. I'm tough.

— Mr. T

New Yorkers are real gritty and tough.

— Raymond Kelly

There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.

— Tamara Mellon

New York City is a very tough place. I'm tough, too. When people give me a punch in the nose, I react by getting even tougher.

— Ivana Trump

I think America needs lots of tough people. Not just me. I think America needs to get tougher, all of us.

— Chris Christie

It's weird: I don't see myself as a tough guy.

— Joel Edgerton

People in tough times - it doesn't mean they don't have a great attitude.

— Joel Osteen

Women are tough, but sometimes women present toughness in different ways.

— Katherine McNamara

✗Opposing Perspectives

Hollywood wants guys who can act tough - Hollywood don't want tough guys.

— Danny Trejo