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  • I don't think it's about "Ugliness" but more about taking a pride in your appearance.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • "Ugliness," -- Darmstetter disregarded the question -- "is disease; it is bat organism; t'e von makes t'e ot'er.

    The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Harriet Stark

  • Meanwhile Stuart Whipps's photo-installation Why Contribute To The Spread Of Ugliness almost perversely attempts to resurrect the reputation of John Madin, an architect responsible for many of the Birmingham area's brutalist buildings, since popularly earmarked for demolition.

    This week's new exhibitions 2011

  • Ugliness was an aberration, a mistake, a punishment.

    X, Chapter 3: Morowitz Benjamin Matvey 2012

  • On the other hand, Ugliness to me is eternal, not in the essence but in its incompleteness; but its eternity does not daunt me, for its eternal unfulfilment is a cause of joy.

    DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

  • Ugliness and hate and ill are here with all their contradiction and illogic; they will always be here—perhaps, God send, with lessened volume and force, but here and eternal, while beauty triumphs in its great completion—Death.

    DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

  • April 9, 2010Avlon: Ugliness & absurdities in American politics continue

    Avlon: Ugliness & absurdities in American politics continue 2010

  • Ugliness isn't the opposite of beauty but rather, its companion.

    Toni Raiten-D’Antonio: It's Fashion Week, and We're All Ugly Toni Raiten-D’Antonio 2010

  • Diary Entry by Richard Volaar (about the author) yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Palestinian Boy, 15, Hanged By Relatives'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Ugliness does transpire on both sides.'

    OpEdNews - Diary: Palestinian Boy, 15, Hanged By Relatives 2009

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Obama as the Joker Betrays Racial Ugliness, Fears'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'The new Obama poster has two basic thrusts.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Obama as the Joker Betrays Racial Ugliness, Fears 2009

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