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"Politics is not for emotional people, it's for the thick-skinned," he said.

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“You have to be thick-skinned in life. You have to support what you believe is correct and true.”

The jibes are unlikely to unsettle someone as thick-skinned as Stokes, and England will know the press can quickly turn on the home side if England get on top.

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"I'm so thick-skinned to the point where I don't even notice if people are trying to create harm. That's extremely useful in this job."

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Before seeing “The Substance,” I considered myself to be generally thick-skinned about blood and guts.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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