- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pretty Quotes
Casual, understated lines using 'pretty' as a qualifier.
Interestingly, most quotes gathered under 'pretty' use it as everyday shorthand for 'fairly' or 'mostly' - describing a parent's habits, a lazy afternoon, or a musical style - rather than physical appearance. Being covers related low-key self-description.
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- Israel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich.
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
My obsession with eating out partly comes from having spent 10 long years at English boarding schools in the 1980s, where food was pretty low on the list.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been pretty lucky; I like my jobs.
- Introduction
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first introduction to Russell Westbrook was as a leader. It was pretty impressive.
- Nov 07, 2020
As anyone who has started a company knows, it's pretty common not to see any income for months.
- I Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm pretty easy going, I think.
- Stubborn
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm pretty stubborn.
- Chaos
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- Nov 07, 2020
The consequences of a collapse would not be pretty. Whichever country precipitated it - Germany by threatening to abandon the euro, or Greece or Spain by actually doing so - would trigger economic chaos and incur its neighbours' wrath.
- Inspired
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm pretty good with being calculated in what I do, when I'm going to make my mark on somebody.
- I Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020