Unattractive Quotes - Page 5

• Not many women will go out on a limb to make themselves really unattractive and unfeminine so you can get the laughs, but it's a great thing to do in my book.

  Jo Brand

  Book, Laughing, Limbs

  "This much I know" by John Hind, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2007.

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• And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not because they are unpoetical, or unattractive to the popular ear, but because the greater the poetical charm in them, the less are they meet for the ears of boys and men who are meant to be free, and who should fear slavery more than death.

  Plato

  Plato, Boys, Men

  Plato (2016). “The Republic”, p.269, Xist Publishing

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• Value investing is simple to understand but difficult to implement. Value investors are not supersophisticated analytical wizards who create and apply intricate computer models to find attractive opportunities or assess underlying value. The hard part is discipline, patience, and judgment. Investors need discipline to avoid the many unattractive pitches that are thrown, patience to wait for the right pitch, and judgment to know when it is time to swing.

  Seth Klarman

  Opportunity, Simple, Swings

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• My entire film career's been dependent on my ability to look unattractive.

  Anne Hathaway

  Careers, Looks, Film

  "Anne Hathaway: 'I'd Rather Be Strong Than Skinny'" by Courtney Rubin, people.com. March 8, 2007.

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• A noiseless course, not meddling with the affairs of others, unattractive of notice, is a mark that society is going on in happiness. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Government, People, Care

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private”, p.453

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• He draws us to Himself by grace, by example, by power, by lovingness, by beauty, by pardon, and above all by the Blessed Sacrament. Every one who has had anything to do with ministering to souls has seen the power which Jesus has. Talent is not needed. Eloquence is comparatively unattractive. Learning is often beside the mark. Controversy simply repels... All the attraction of the Church is in Jesus, and His chief attraction is the Blessed Sacrament

  Frederick William Faber

  Jesus, Blessed, Soul

  Frederick William Faber (1855). “The blessed sacrament: or, The works and ways of God”, p.510

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• I'm over the Oscar thing. I feel that if you really want an Oscar, you're in trouble. It's like wanting to be married - you'll take anybody. If you want the Oscar really badly, it becomes a naked desire and ambition. It becomes very unattractive. I've seen it.

  Bill Murray

  Ambition, Desire, Acting

  "Bill Murray: 'I know how to be sour'" by Geoffrey Macnab, www.theguardian.com. December 31, 2003.

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• One of the most unattractive human traits, and so easy to fall into, is resentment at the sudden shared popularity of a previously private pleasure. Which of us hasn't been annoyed when a band, writer, artist or television series that had been a minority interest of ours has suddenly achieved mainstream popularity? When it was at a cult level we moaned at the philistinism of a world that didn't appreciate it, and now that they do appreciate it we're all resentful and dog-in-the-manger about it.

  Stephen Fry

  Dog, Fall, Artist

  Stephen Fry (2012). “The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography”, p.204, The Overlook Press

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• I am a sick man...I am a spiteful man. An unattractive man. I think that my liver hurts.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Hurt, Men, Thinking

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• Todd? Are you still there?" "Yeah. I'm just trying to think of a good reason to continue our friendship." I grinned. "Jealousy is so unattractive Todd." "It would help if you could tell me one thing that's wrong. One flaw. Bad breath? Warts? Some condition that requires anti fungal spray?" "Would chest hair be a flaw?" "Oh, yeah." Todd sounded relieved." I can't stand a chest rug. You can't see the chest cut.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Cutting, Thinking, Hair

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Blue-Eyed Devil: Number 2 in series”, p.127, Hachette UK

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• I am a sick man...I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man. I think my liver is diseased. Then again, I don't know a thing about my illness; I'm not even sure what hurts.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Hurt, Men, Thinking

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• A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But you can have emotional baggage that is dragging you down like cement blocks tied to your feet.

  Olivia Wilde

  Block, Emotional, Feet

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• I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn't occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don't like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don't like it, nobody is telling you to finish it.

  Salman Rushdie

  Book, Reading, Numbers

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• Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you... If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be.

  Joel Osteen

  Brother, Smart, Love Yourself

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• If you're an unattractive girl who's trying to be beautiful with Botox, forget it. If you are a beautiful girl who's trying to be beautiful with Botox, you will look like you're angry all the time.

  Stevie Nicks

  Beautiful, Girl, Trying

  "Nick of Time: Q&A With Stevie Nicks". Interview with Jacob Bernstein, wwd.com. March 31, 2009.

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• Sadness is a super important thing not to be ashamed about but to include in our lives. One of the bigger problems with sadness or depression is there's so much shame around it. If you have it you're a failure. You are felt as being very unattractive.

  Mike Mills

  Sadness, Important, Problem

  "SFIFF ’11: Ewan McGregor & Mike Mills Talk The Sadness, Humor & Joy Of ‘Beginners’" by Kevin Jagernauth, www.indiewire.com. April 25, 2011.

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• I've talked to so many people, men and women alike, that get overweight and their self-esteem just goes in the tank. They think they're judged. They think they're unattractive.

  Phil McGraw

  Self Esteem, Men, Thinking

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.

  Dan Stevens

  Kids, Voice, Broken

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There is a lot of talk about a centre party - and that I might lead it. I find this idea profoundly unattractive

  Roy Jenkins

  Party, Ideas, Might

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• No education is worth having that does not teach the lesson of concentration on a task, however unattractive. These lessons, if not learnt early, will be learnt, if at all, with pain and grief in later life.

  Cyril Connolly

  Pain, Grief, Doe

  Cyril Connolly (1960). “Enemies of promise and other essays: an autobiography of ideas”

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• Quite the ugliest face I ever saw was that of a woman whom the world called beautiful. Through its silver veil the evil and ungentle passions looked out, hideous and hateful. On the other hand, there are faces which the multitude, at first glance, pronounce homely, unattractive and such as "Nature fashions by the gross," which I always recognize with a warm heart-thrill. Not for the world would I have one feature changed; they please me as they are; they are hallowed by kind memories, and are beautiful through their associations.

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  Beautiful, Fashion, Memories

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• You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive.

  Emily Mortimer

  Risk, Actors, Boring

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• The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical.

  Denholm Elliott

  Joy, Conventionality, Whole

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• I have a deep-seated distrust and even contempt for people who are driven by ambition to conquer the world … those who cannot control themselves and produce vast amounts of crap that no one cares about. I find it unattractive. I like the Zen artists: they’d do some work, and then they’d stop for a while.

  Saul Leiter

  Ambition, Artist, Conquer The World

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• It's just human nature - isn't it? - to be more attracted to something that's taboo. If someone tells you not to smoke, you wanna smoke. If they say, 'Don't do drugs,' you wanna do drugs. That's why I've always thought that the best way to stop people taking drugs is to legalise the fucking things. It would take people about five seconds to realise that being an addict is a terribly unattractive and pathetic way to be, whereas at the moment it still has that kind of rebel cool vibe to it, y'know?

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Kings, People, Drug

  "I Am Ozzy". Book by Ozzy Osbourne and Chris Ayres, January 25, 2010.

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