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I mean, I've lasted this long. You've got to be tough.
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The speaker treats having “lasted this long” as evidence of toughness. The words suggest that enduring difficult circumstances requires strength and persistence, and that surviving up to this point shows the speaker has those qualities.
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Read quote“I still want to realize that dream!”
“笑いってなんなんだろうということは死ぬまで解決しないんだろうけど、そうやって死ぬまでお笑いに携わっていきたいなと思っています。”
“I plug away and hope something comes out of it.”
“One has to extract the good from the negative.”
“I have accepted these victories as I accept this tragedy. I must embrace both circumstances as facts of life and find happiness.”
“We all need to work hard.”
“人是靠自己意志的，意志十分重要。”
“Out of ten failures, you have one success.”
“It’s almost like I did my best to get away from it, but it wouldn’t leave me.”
“I got my foot in the door, I’m holding the door open with that foot.”
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