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It was that he had all the best qualities you’d want in somebody; his heart of gold, and then you couple that with him just being hard as nails and tough, no quit ever.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2025

On these second-act hits, Tucker was no longer the wild and wise child; she was a full-grown romantic, who managed to be, at the same time, hard as nails.

From The New Yorker Aug. 23, 2019

She has grown up hearing about her grandmother: a "kind, really caring, lovely woman with this hard as nails personality."

From BBC Sep. 29, 2015

He had humour too – bone dry, hard as nails, and usually delivered in a sneer or a shout.

From The Guardian Feb. 14, 2013

A week later we passed the broth shack, and there was a sixty-year-old woman working there, hard as nails, dishing out consommé.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson




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