A Quote by Ava DuVernay
Nonviolence is pretty ballsy, pretty advanced weaponry.
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We get so worried about being pretty. Let’s be pretty kind. Pretty funny. Pretty smart. Pretty strong.
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Cry pretty, pretty, pretty and you'll be able
Very soon not even to cry pretty
And so be delivered entirely from humanity
This is prettiest of all, it is very pretty.
Once we turn, it’s new pretty, middle pretty, late pretty.” Shay dropped her arms, and her board stopped drifting. “Then dead pretty.
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There's the historical part of The Beach Boys' music; it's pretty incredible, pretty vast and pretty varied too.
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Pretty isn't beauty. Pretty is how you look; Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body; Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades; Beauty grows.
Some want to do pretty songs with pretty words about pretty people, but that ain't me.
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Veganism is about nonviolence:
nonviolence to other sentient beings;
nonviolence to yourself;
nonviolence to the earth.
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