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The Kentuky( sic) Derby decision was not a good one, it was a rough and tumble race on a wet and sloppy track, actually, a beautiful thing to watch. Only in these days of political correctness could such an overturn occur. The best horse did NOT win the Kentucky Derby - not even close ! – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think that what we wanted was to give the girls the chance to get a step up on us, that they would be able to have insights and learnings and connections that we didn't have at their age that would enable them to navigate a world that is pretty rough and tumble and tricky but full of positives and possibles, we don't want them to have to say' I wish I would have known,'. – Donna Orender	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It seems a little more antagonistic, so that part has changed a little bit, but it's not like this was' Leave it to Beaver,'' Mayberry R.F.D.,'' The Donna Reed Show,' it was never a Pollyanna, Mary Poppins place. It was always rough and tumble politics. – Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Found on CNN 5 years ago
In the rough and tumble of elections, you get stuff said, questions asked, i think it is right that candidates for some of the most important offices in Britain do get scrutinised about their past associations. – Defence Secretary Michael Fallon	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
In the rough and tumble of elections, you get stuff said, questions asked. – Defence Secretary Michael Fallon	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
He was a great manager, but it was a rough and tumble environment and he liked to throw a piece of meat in a cage and see who got it. – Tom Bernard	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
She's really claiming that she can be in the rough and tumble at the highest level, so she can’t break down too easily. – Mark Schickman	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
She's really claiming that she can be in the rough and tumble at the highest level, so she can't break down too easily. – Mark Schickman	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

The Kentuky( sic) Derby decision was not a good one, it was a rough and tumble race on a wet and sloppy track, actually, a beautiful thing to watch. Only in these days of political correctness could such an overturn occur. The best horse did NOT win the Kentucky Derby - not even close !

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think that what we wanted was to give the girls the chance to get a step up on us, that they would be able to have insights and learnings and connections that we didn't have at their age that would enable them to navigate a world that is pretty rough and tumble and tricky but full of positives and possibles, we don't want them to have to say' I wish I would have known,'.

– Donna Orender

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It seems a little more antagonistic, so that part has changed a little bit, but it's not like this was' Leave it to Beaver,'' Mayberry R.F.D.,'' The Donna Reed Show,' it was never a Pollyanna, Mary Poppins place. It was always rough and tumble politics.

– Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Found on CNN
5 years ago

In the rough and tumble of elections, you get stuff said, questions asked, i think it is right that candidates for some of the most important offices in Britain do get scrutinised about their past associations.

– Defence Secretary Michael Fallon

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

In the rough and tumble of elections, you get stuff said, questions asked.

– Defence Secretary Michael Fallon

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

He was a great manager, but it was a rough and tumble environment and he liked to throw a piece of meat in a cage and see who got it.

– Tom Bernard

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

She's really claiming that she can be in the rough and tumble at the highest level, so she can’t break down too easily.

– Mark Schickman

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

She's really claiming that she can be in the rough and tumble at the highest level, so she can't break down too easily.

– Mark Schickman

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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