- Common Sense
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ugly Quotes
Honest lines about the things nobody calls pretty.
Several of these quotes use 'ugly' with a wink, like the familiar complaint about an unflattering bridesmaid dress, while others turn more serious, criticizing a culture that consumes far too much. A few quotes also touch on real geopolitical tensions.
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- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful after she is aged and ugly.
- Most Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
We both can be the most beautiful and benevolent creatures on the planet, but then there's another side that can be as harsh and as ugly as the darkest thing you could imagine seeing.
- Nov 07, 2020
Whether you are rich or poor, beautiful or ugly, young or old, cancer knows no boundaries.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
German has always felt the language that I come back to. It's given a very hard time by most people for being ugly and guttural. In fact, it's one of the most melodic, lyrical languages around. And German literature is amazing. It's just a treasury for me.
- Economics
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- Nov 07, 2020
If, in our haste to 'progress,' the economics of ecology are disregarded by citizens and policy makers alike, the result will be an ugly America. We cannot afford an America where expedience tramples upon esthetics and development decisions are made with an eye only on the present.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a taboo as a result of the Holocaust that people respected that anti-Semitism was an ugly thing and should be avoided. Now that taboo seems to have been broken with impunity.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want out.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've been playing ugly. Without all of our bodies, we've been kicking it all over the shop, but fortunately we've been able to make the big buckets and rely on our defense for once.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's easy to imagine ways the future can be ugly and depressing. It's harder, but more worthwhile, to imagine plausible ways we can make it better.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ugly is very appealing to man. It's instinct. One shrinks from the ugly, yet wants to look at it. There's a devilish fascination in it. We extract pleasure from horror.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm looking for something, I say, 'Man that's ugly - nobody would want to rock that.' Then I grab it and I put it on.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People tend to say, 'You're not as fat or as ugly as I expected.' I never know how to reply. It's a bit of a slap, but they don't mean it, I'm sure.
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- Nov 07, 2020