- Flower
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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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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
- Makes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always joked that my food memoirs will be titled 'Brutta ma Buona,' the phrase Italians use to describe food that's delicious but rustic-looking at best: ugly but good.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The classic French blanch-and-cool technique I learned at Chez Panisse yields the kind of brilliant, picturesque vegetables we all want to see on restaurant plates. Long-cooked foods, on the other hand, fall firmly into the 'ugly but good' camp of the Tuscan cucina povera, where flavor far outshines looks.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 10, 11, 12 years old, I would pretend to be on the radio. I bought a mixer and these big, ugly headphones and I would literally broadcast the cassette tapes in my bedroom.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never considered that that's how I might be categorized. I guess it's better than being called ugly.
- Craves
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- Nov 07, 2020
My son craves picture books about Transformers and Ninja Turtles and the Hulk; they show one fantastic creature smashing or zapping another into smithereens on page after page. They are dull and ugly and show no interesting stories or models of conflict resolution or character building.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Feeling 'ugly' or 'unattractive' seeps into your life like poison, and it affects everything. Feeling worthless does the same. We internalise these limitations, and it takes an internal revolution to get rid of them.
- Handsome
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- Nov 07, 2020
Given the choice between someone saying I was handsome in a role or ugly but good, I know which I'd choose.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor, you may do things that aren't politically correct. Unless you're an actor who only does things for political reasons. I believe if we don't do the good, bad, and the ugly, we're not going to progress.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.
- Charm
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- Nov 07, 2020