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No one fought harder for President Biden's agenda than progressives, we rallied together with our supporters, held town halls in our communities, engaged new people, and we even played hardball in Congress. – Rashida Tlaib	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
My guess is that Ryanair is playing hardball and eventually will get the Max at closer to the price they want, it's a a deal that Boeing doesn't want to lose and Ryanair knows it. – Richard Aboulafia	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It takes a game we love and it puts it right into a cornfield backed up by a mid-American house that’s just trying to get by, i miss the term ‘hardball.’ You say ‘baseball,’ but I remember saying ‘let's play some hardball.’. – Kevin Costner	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They definitely played hardball. – Eric Foner	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The current government will play hardball... I do not think any new approvals for China proposals will happen in a hurry. – Abhishek Saxena	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Ken Paxton's an extreme conservative who plays political hardball, ken Paxton subscribes to a libertarian philosophy which puts an emphasis on individual rights and very, very little emphasis on there being any common good or public good at all. – Jeffrey Abramson	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Welcome back to' Hardball,' I'm Chris Matthews. Tonight my guest is Laura, a spooky blonde lady who lies to the elderly, chris Matthews, no, you're on The NBC variety show. – Chris Matthews	Found on CNN 4 years ago
After a conversation with MSNBC, I decided tonight will be my last' Hardball,' so let me tell you why, the younger generation's out there ready to take the reins. We see them in politics, in media, in fighting for their causes. They're improving the workplace. – Read MoreMatthews	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I played a lot of hardball in my life, but I don't envy what the Clinton campaign is up against here. Trump himself has totally changed the political dynamic, what they can't afford to do is get in the gutter with the guy. He has absolutely no morals or scruples. Getting into the gutter with him is an absolute waste of time. – Jim Manley	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Nixon's paranoia went up a great deal after he lost in 1960, partly because he felt the Kennedys had used dirty tricks to defeat him, he felt the Kennedys were better at dirty tricks than he was in 1960. And he was probably not wrong about that. The Kennedys played hardball. And [his brother] Bobby Kennedy was probably smarter about dirty tricks in 1960 than Richard Nixon was. I say that having written a biography of Bobby Kennedy. – Evan Thomas	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It’s hard to get hurt now in Puerto Rico, it’s more of a timing risk. Could someone come in and play massive hardball ? Yes, but that would sort of prolong the process. You can game-theory Puerto Rico. – Marc Lasry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

No one fought harder for President Biden's agenda than progressives, we rallied together with our supporters, held town halls in our communities, engaged new people, and we even played hardball in Congress.

– Rashida Tlaib

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

My guess is that Ryanair is playing hardball and eventually will get the Max at closer to the price they want, it's a a deal that Boeing doesn't want to lose and Ryanair knows it.

– Richard Aboulafia

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It takes a game we love and it puts it right into a cornfield backed up by a mid-American house that’s just trying to get by, i miss the term ‘hardball.’ You say ‘baseball,’ but I remember saying ‘let's play some hardball.’.

– Kevin Costner

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They definitely played hardball.

– Eric Foner

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The current government will play hardball... I do not think any new approvals for China proposals will happen in a hurry.

– Abhishek Saxena

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Ken Paxton's an extreme conservative who plays political hardball, ken Paxton subscribes to a libertarian philosophy which puts an emphasis on individual rights and very, very little emphasis on there being any common good or public good at all.

– Jeffrey Abramson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Welcome back to' Hardball,' I'm Chris Matthews. Tonight my guest is Laura, a spooky blonde lady who lies to the elderly, chris Matthews, no, you're on The NBC variety show.

– Chris Matthews

Found on CNN
4 years ago

After a conversation with MSNBC, I decided tonight will be my last' Hardball,' so let me tell you why, the younger generation's out there ready to take the reins. We see them in politics, in media, in fighting for their causes. They're improving the workplace.

– Read MoreMatthews

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I played a lot of hardball in my life, but I don't envy what the Clinton campaign is up against here. Trump himself has totally changed the political dynamic, what they can't afford to do is get in the gutter with the guy. He has absolutely no morals or scruples. Getting into the gutter with him is an absolute waste of time.

– Jim Manley

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Nixon's paranoia went up a great deal after he lost in 1960, partly because he felt the Kennedys had used dirty tricks to defeat him, he felt the Kennedys were better at dirty tricks than he was in 1960. And he was probably not wrong about that. The Kennedys played hardball. And [his brother] Bobby Kennedy was probably smarter about dirty tricks in 1960 than Richard Nixon was. I say that having written a biography of Bobby Kennedy.

– Evan Thomas

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It’s hard to get hurt now in Puerto Rico, it’s more of a timing risk. Could someone come in and play massive hardball ? Yes, but that would sort of prolong the process. You can game-theory Puerto Rico.

– Marc Lasry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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