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  • s  insensitive to criticism

  • They earn a thick-skinned living shooting pictures of gang fights, strikes, accidents and fires, are popularly supposed to take everything from illegal entry to abduction as part .
  • With the help of his hand-picked president, big, thick-skinned James Monroe Smith, he spent $13,500,000 on a building plan, blew another $3.
  • Tina has become literally thick-skinned.
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  • Review: A return to a more likable 'Newsroom' on HBO
    Aaron Sorkin seems to have dialed down the speechifying in what promises to be a more satisfying season of 'The Newsroom.' Like many of his characters, Aaron Sorkin has a thick-skinned, tough-talking, "that large rectangle to your left is the door" attitude toward public opinion.        
    July 13, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
Quotes

  • Sandy Lyle in AFP
    And as for his Open departure back in July, Lyle said: "I'm thick-skinned, not generally a quitter. Hopefully it won't leave any scars as far as being a Ryder Cup captain."
  • Stephen Maguire in Sportinglife.com
    Maguire told BBC2: "I read the papers as much as everybody else. Luckily enough I'm very, very thick-skinned. If I get a phonecall, I get a phonecall. I'll help them out whatever they want to do. I know there's nothing to worry about so it's not...
  • Sean Fitzpatrick in Sportinglife.co.za
    If it weren't Martin there, then there would be knives out already,Fitzpatrick said. "He's held up in a special place. He's already sending out the right messages. He is very thick-skinned and there are not too many Englishmen who could...

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