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«It would be ugly to watch people poking sticks at a caged rat. It is uglier still to watch rats poking sticks at a caged person.»
Author: Jean Harris | Keywords: caged, poked, pokes, poking, rat, rats, sticks, uglier, ugly
«Most people have come to prefer certain of life?s experiences and deny and reject others, unaware of the value of the hidden things that may come wrapped in plain and even ugly paper. In avoiding all pain and seeking comfort at all costs, we may be left without intimacy or compassion; in rejecting change and risk we often cheat ourselves of the quest; in denying our suffering we may never know our strength or our greatness.»
«I was such an ugly kid - When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up»
«My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too.»
«I was so ugly my mother used to feed me with a sling shot.»
«I was so skinny, they gave me the nickname stechetto - the stick. I was tall, thin, ugly and dark like an Arab girl. I looked strange. All eyes. No flesh on my bones.»
«It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thought make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light. First, believe in this world, that»
«It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.»
«I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.»
«I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.»

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