| The approach requires a devil-may-care swagger, a thick skin and also thick-skinned editors, who seem to be in short supply. |
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| Most of them talked of the abuse they got but were thick-skinned enough to endure it. |
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| It's very difficult and hard work and you need to be a bit thick-skinned sometimes. |
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| Perhaps mentally tough would be a more sensitive description than thick-skinned. |
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| I can only read comments on political blogs when I'm feeling particularly thick-skinned. |
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| His loud, belligerent, thick-skinned exterior has always encased a much more emotional inner centre. |
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| The only hope of rapping the press's knuckles is to be sufficiently rich and thick-skinned to drag your grievance through the courts. |
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| A person who wasn't so thick-skinned might actually get upset at the way some people act around here. |
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| Of course, Rice admits that he wasn't as thick-skinned when some of the first bad reviews hit. |
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| For all his claims to resilience in the face of criticism, he is not as thick-skinned as he professes to be. |
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| These bunches consist of heavy, thick-skinned grapes that grow close together. |
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| They are thick-skinned by nature, resistant to stress and particularly able to suppress negative feelings. |
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| Vines that bear heavy, thick-skinned fruit are hard to support on trellises. |
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| Vines that bear large, heavy, thick-skinned fruit are especially suited to this. |
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| For thick-skinned fruits, remove the stones or cores and take out and discard the central part of pineapples. |
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| Walk through the tunnel and see the realms of pack, cold cliffs and thick-skinned animals. |
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| These data clearly demonstrate that parts of the Scottish basement underwent major thick-skinned tectonics during the Grenvillian orogeny. |
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| I'm thick-skinned, but I have a very sensitive wife and daughter. |
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| So, you just have to be a bit thick-skinned about it and keep going. |
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| I'm pretty thick-skinned, but I found that remark to be stupid. |
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| A shy, sensitive, clearly unhappy boy's troubled relationship with a domineering, thick-skinned father is captured in that single wounding chuckle. |
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| You should be thick-skinned as things can get tense on location. |
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| The rare Boar fish is usually only about 15-20cm long, thick-skinned and spiky. |
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| Cold calling prospects on the telephone can be a tough grind even for the most experienced and thick-skinned sales professionals. |
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| Small cluster and thick-skinned round berries. |
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| There are some thick-skinned people in politics. |
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| I don't think his parting shot sounds very thick-skinned at all. |
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| Fast-talking, awkward, bright, single-minded and a little thick-skinned. |
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| This style of wine uses small-berried, thick-skinned grapes which produce less juice than those used for crisp white wines, but with more concentration and weight. |
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