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This planet has -- or rather had -- a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
- Douglas Adams

This planet has or rather had a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time.
- Douglas Adams

Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.
- Lemony Snicket

We speak, and write, in one of the most diverse, gloriously ecumenical tongues on the planet. In English, there is a word or phrase for pretty much anything we want to say, and if there isn't, we make it up, and it is welcomed into the family. We can express ourselves as complexly or as simply as we like. We can be magniloquent didacts, or we can talk plain.
- Jeff Deck

If I had a soul I sold it
for pretty words
If I had a body I used
it up spurting my essence
Allen Ginsberg warns you
dont follow my path
to extinction
- Allen Ginsberg

Beauty is an intangible thing; can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the body cannot defeat it. Nor will a "pretty" face make it, for "pretty" faces are often dull and empty, and beauty is never dull and it fills all spaces.
- Robert Henri

In essence, I owe my career to Garry Marshall. There was no known reason for him to hire me for 'Pretty Woman.'
- Julia Roberts

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