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Don't wear rollerskates to a tug-of-war. -- Larry Wall
Once politics become a tug-of-war for shares in the income pie, decent government is impossible. -- Friedrich August von Hayek
If any of you get hernias in this tug-of-war against the Army, I'll pay to get them fixed. -- Robert E. Haebel
I'm used to a feeling of doubleness, of thinking one thing and having to do another, a constant tug-of-war. -- Lauren Oliver
That's creativity in a nutshell. A messy tug-of-war with imagination to erase that feeling that nothing really matters anyway. -- Zoe Whittall
It was a brutal picture, a tug-of-war between two equal but opposing impulses. It had the ring of truth, however, -- Deborah Harkness
If you're losing a tug of war with a tiger, give it the rope. You can always buy a new one. -- Max Gunther
Creating success is a tug of war between your mind and your heart-your fears and your dreams. If your fears win, you lose. -- Robert G. Allen
It seems to me that if you were to take almost any half-century in history, you'd find a grand societal tug-of-war between the community and the individual. -- Lauren Groff
In any democracy, there is always a tug-of-war between policies to achieve equality and policies to promote excellence. I am certain that Canada can achieve both equality and excellence. -- John Turner
As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war ... You have to learn when to let go. And that's not easy. -- Aretha Franklin
It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me. -- Jodie Foster
Is there a word for the moment you win tug-of-war? When the weight gives, and all that extra rope comes hurtling towards you, how even though you've won, you still end up with muddy knees and burns on your hands? Is there a word for that? I wish there was. -- Sarah Kay
The more I see of life in these 'undeveloped countries' and of the methods adopted to 'improve' them, the more depressed I become. It seems criminal that the backwardness of a country like Afghanistan should be used as an excuse for America and Russia to have a tug-of-war for possession. -- Dervla Murphy
By the time one is eighty, it is said, there is no longer a tug of war in the garden with the May flowers hauling like mad against the claims of the other months. All is at last in balance and all is serene. The gardener is usually dead, of course. -- Henry Mitchell
Hope's Folly is a rapid-fire romp through futuristic political intrigue and high-risk passion The tug of war between decorum and passion keeps the romantic intrigue smoldering. With Hope's Folly, Linnea Sinclair builds on a secure reputation as a leading fashioner of science fiction romance. She straddles and blends these genres with a unique bravura and wit. -- Philip K. Jason
Instead of tug o' war, let's play hug o' war. -- Shel Silverstein
You cannot win a game of tug-o-war by merely standing firm. -- Randall Dale Adams
I will not play at tug o' war, I'd rather play at hug o' war -- Shel Silverstein
The instant you take the lead in the tug-of-war with your ego, enlightenment becomes your state of being. -- Pooja Ruprell
I have had a long tug-of-war going on with the FDA, in particular, and with other regulatory agencies, and it has nothing to do with vaccines. -- Jill Stein
There's always a tug of war. Like, in the States, in America, there's certainly a higher quotient, I would imagine, of, like, macho, like, masculinity posturing. -- Kehinde Wiley

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