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"I know that when I grew up I was pretty sheltered, and didn't come to understand much about the world until I was in my really late teens and early twenties, and that process continues."

"I know that when I grew up I was pretty sheltered, and didn't come to understand much about the world until I was in my really late teens and early twenties, and that process continues."

Ryan Phillippe, American Actor

2

"I saw Suicide in '74 and it was pretty horrifying."

"I saw Suicide in '74 and it was pretty horrifying."

Robert Quine, American Musician

Pretty, Suicide

2

"I think I am pretty much melancholic."

"I think I am pretty much melancholic."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

2

"In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me."

"In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me."

Ethel Merman, American Musician

2

"Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many occasions when we were dodging getting beaten up ourselves."

"Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many occasions when we were dodging getting beaten up ourselves."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

2

"I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style."

"I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style."

Michael McKean, American Actor

2

"I had been writing for about twelve years. I knew pretty well how you could find things out, but I had never been trained in an academic way how to go about the research."

"I had been writing for about twelve years. I knew pretty well how you could find things out, but I had never been trained in an academic way how to go about the research."

David McCullough, American Historian

Pretty, Research, Writing, Years

2

"When you're nursing and you're working 18-hour days, that's pretty hard."

"When you're nursing and you're working 18-hour days, that's pretty hard."

Kate Hudson, American Actress

2

"Since there are only so many ways to kill a person, a good portion of homicides look pretty much alike."

"Since there are only so many ways to kill a person, a good portion of homicides look pretty much alike."

Pat Brown, American Entertainer

2

"Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air."

"Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Pretty, Sculpture

2

"These days I'm pretty much a businessman."

"These days I'm pretty much a businessman."

Wellington Mara, American Businessman

2

"I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for."

"I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for."

Loretta Young, American Actress

Pretty, Struggle, Want

2

"I have always been fascinated by dark and mysterious stuff. I guess I have a pretty dark and gloomy side. Writing songs saves me from going completely gonzo."

"I have always been fascinated by dark and mysterious stuff. I guess I have a pretty dark and gloomy side. Writing songs saves me from going completely gonzo."

Gavin Rossdale, British Musician

Pretty, Songs, Writing

2

"I was trained as a neurologist, and then I went into the theater, and if you're brought up to think of yourself as a biological scientist of some sort, pretty well everything else seems frivolous by comparison."

"I was trained as a neurologist, and then I went into the theater, and if you're brought up to think of yourself as a biological scientist of some sort, pretty well everything else seems frivolous by comparison."

Jonathan Miller, British Entertainer

Pretty, Theater

2

"I suppose that the scope and implications of such forces have rendered my personal accounting ritual pretty much obsolete. That's how things sometimes go."

"I suppose that the scope and implications of such forces have rendered my personal accounting ritual pretty much obsolete. That's how things sometimes go."

Brian Ferneyhough, British Composer

2

"It's pretty sad when you have to choose between the lesser of two evils."

"It's pretty sad when you have to choose between the lesser of two evils."

Meg White, American Musician

2

"It was delightful but, of course, it was pretty insulting to my professional reputation."

"It was delightful but, of course, it was pretty insulting to my professional reputation."

Anthony Holden, British Journalist

Pretty, Reputation

2

"It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out fast."

"It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out fast."

Julie Burchill, British Journalist

2

"I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself."

"I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself."

Hank Williams, American Musician

2

"Led Zeppelin was pretty much what made me pick up drum sticks."

"Led Zeppelin was pretty much what made me pick up drum sticks."

Jon Fishman, American Musician

1

"It was a pretty rough neighborhood where I grew up The really tough places were over around Third Avenue where it ran into the Harlem River, but we weren't far away."

"It was a pretty rough neighborhood where I grew up The really tough places were over around Third Avenue where it ran into the Harlem River, but we weren't far away."

Norman Rockwell, American Artist

1

"I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve nearly what I want."

"I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve nearly what I want."

Renee Fleming, American Musician

Pretty, Song, Want, World

1

"Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly."

"Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

1

"All the records I've made have pretty much been big club turntable records. You need to feel the rhythm."

"All the records I've made have pretty much been big club turntable records. You need to feel the rhythm."

Jermaine Dupri, American Musician

1

"No, because I think I have a reason to believe in myself and I think I'm also pretty confident about who I am and what I'm doing and it might be because I'm still at the top too."

"No, because I think I have a reason to believe in myself and I think I'm also pretty confident about who I am and what I'm doing and it might be because I'm still at the top too."

Martina Hingis, Czechoslovakian Athlete

1

"So the guy that we're really targeting our system at this year is one of the guys who brought a 16bit system three or four years ago and has pretty much had it with that, and he's ready to buy something new."

"So the guy that we're really targeting our system at this year is one of the guys who brought a 16bit system three or four years ago and has pretty much had it with that, and he's ready to buy something new."

Trip Hawkins, American Businessman

1

"Looks like a pretty serious race unfolding."

"Looks like a pretty serious race unfolding."

Wolf Blitzer, American Journalist

1

"I hear a lot of bad TV commercials that try to sound like Where It's At. That pretty much turned me off from using the electric piano for a lot of years."

"I hear a lot of bad TV commercials that try to sound like Where It's At. That pretty much turned me off from using the electric piano for a lot of years."

Beck, American Musician

Pretty, Sound, Years

1

"I think we're all pretty odd."

"I think we're all pretty odd."

Michael Tippett, English Composer

1

"The Sonics I found later and that was pretty important."

"The Sonics I found later and that was pretty important."

Jello Biafra, American Musician

1

"They're very nationalistic the French - or they used to be. Very insular. Pretty arrogant."

"They're very nationalistic the French - or they used to be. Very insular. Pretty arrogant."

Arthur Boyd, Australian Artist

1

"I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule."

"I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule."

Donna Shalala, American Public Servant

1

"The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it."

"The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it."

Mignon McLaughlin, American Journalist

1

"I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house."

"I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house."

Jeffery Deaver, American Writer

1

"I'm pretty outspoken."

"I'm pretty outspoken."

Miley Cyrus, American Musician

1

"PAYE means pay as you earn but it could also mean Pretty Accurate Yet Estimated."

"PAYE means pay as you earn but it could also mean Pretty Accurate Yet Estimated."

John Whiting, British Playwright

1

"It's actually pretty complex, because there's two levels of reality in the narrative. One is what really took place, and the other is Spider's poisoned version of what took place."

"It's actually pretty complex, because there's two levels of reality in the narrative. One is what really took place, and the other is Spider's poisoned version of what took place."

Gabriel Byrne, Irish Actor

Pretty, Reality

"I would say I'm pretty well at ease with my sexuality, but I'm an individual before I am a female."

"I would say I'm pretty well at ease with my sexuality, but I'm an individual before I am a female."

Shirley Manson, Scottish Musician

Pretty, Sexuality

"You can look at the New York Times Bestseller List and you can be pretty sure that the writers on that list don't know each other very well."

"You can look at the New York Times Bestseller List and you can be pretty sure that the writers on that list don't know each other very well."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Pretty, Writers

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