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Tue 7 Jan 2020

Utility

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Random quote of the day:

“There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly.”

—Theophile Gautier, Mademoiselle de Maupin, tr. Burton Rascoe

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Fri 26 Feb 2016

Ugliness

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, self-righteousness, ugly
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Random quote of the day:

“UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.”

—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

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Mon 29 Aug 2011

Ugly

Posted by PJ under profession, quote of the day, ugly
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Random quote of the day:

 

“The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.”

—James Baldwin, “The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy,” Esquire, May 1961

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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