Ugly Duckling Quotes

• The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are.

  Baz Luhrmann

  Dream, Becoming Who You Are, Barbie Dolls

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• There's no need to curse God if you're an ugly duckling. He chooses those strong enough to endure it so that they can guide others who've felt the same.

  Criss Jami

  Inspirational, Strong, Needs

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.47, Criss Jami

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• Women who start out as ugly ducklings don't become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of their lives.

  Maeve Binchy

  Beautiful, Swans, Ducks

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• In the story of Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized that he was a Swan. Each of us has something Special, a swan of some sort, hidden inside somewhere. But until we recognize that it's there, what can we do but splash around, treading water? The Wise are Who They Are. They work with what they've got and do what they can do.

  Benjamin Hoff

  Wise, Swans, Water

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• There's something almost perfect in the ugly duckling syndrome. Because a sensitivity is tattooed on a part of you no one else can see but can somehow guess is there.

  Stephanie Klein

  Almost Perfect, Ducklings, Tattooed

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• Always praise your kid even if he/she is unresponsive to learning. By insulting them and putting them down, you will only push them away and make them feel inadequate around other kids. Have faith that your child's brain is an evolving planet that rotates at its own speed. It will naturally be attracted to or repel certain subjects. Be patient. Just as there are ugly ducklings that turn into swans, there are rebellious kids that turn into serious innovators and hardcore intellectuals.

  Suzy Kassem

  Children, Kids, Swans

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• Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me.

  Janis Ian

  Girl, Dream, Low Self Esteem

  Song: At Seventeen, Album: Between the Lines, 1975

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• I never dreamed of so much happiness when I was the Ugly Duckling!

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Ugly, Ducklings

  Hans Christian Andersen (2015). “The Ugly Duckling”, p.47, Scandinavia Publishing House

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• In Los Angeles, I feel like the ugly duckling, like I'm from Venus or something.

  Eva Green

  Venus, Ducklings, Los Angeles

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• Then he rustled his feathers, curved his slender neck, and cried joyfully, from the depths of his heart, 'I never dreamed of such happiness as this, while I was an ugly duckling.

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Happiness, Heart, Necks

  Hans Christian Andersen et al. (2015). “Five Golden Books of Child: Golden Books”, p.345, 谷月社

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• When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.

  Nana Mouskouri

  Sister In Law, Ducklings, Wonderful

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• I grew up feeling like the ugly duckling, and things have not changed that much.

  Nicollette Sheridan

  Feelings, Ducklings, Grew Up

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

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• To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg.

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Ducks, Swans, Eggs

  Hans Christian Andersen (1867). “Hans Andersen's fairy tales, a new tr. by mrs. Paull”, p.33

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• My duchess,” James stated, his eyes sweeping the crowd with the air of a man who has ruled the waves. “She is not a swan, because that would imply she had once been an ugly duckling.

  Eloisa James

  Eye, Men, Swans

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• I was always the ugly duckling; I never got attention from girls.

  Kid Cudi

  Girl, Attention, Ducklings

  Source: www.complex.com

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• What influenced my style was the feeling that I was a lousy artist... I was like the ugly duckling, not knowing what I was, style-wise, and thinking I was all on my own... I evolved into a style that couldn't be compared to anyone else.

  Jim Rowe

  Wise, Artist, Thinking

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• Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Swans, Eggs, Ducks

  Hans Christian Andersen (2016). “Best Fairy Tales”, p.129, Pan Macmillan

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• Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.

  Bonnie Raitt

  Lakes, Swans, Games

  Song: Thing Called Love, Album: Nick of Time

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• I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks.

  Maeve Binchy

  Writing, Swans, Ducks

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• This ugly duckling investment will likely need time - quarters, or even years - to blossom into a beautiful swan.

  Barry Ritholtz

  Beautiful, Swans, Years

  Source: www.bloomberg.com

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• Santa Claus was white and everything bad was black. The little ugly duckling was the black duck, and the black cat was the bad luck. And if I threaten you, I'm going to blackmail you.I said, 'Momma, why don't they call it 'whitemail'? They lie too.'

  Muhammad Ali

  Lying, Cat, Ducks

  "Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.

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• And while we're on the subject of ducks, which we plainly are, the story, 'The Ugly Duckling' ought be banned as the central character wasn't a duckling or he wouldn't have grown up into a swan. He was a cygnet.

  Russell Brand

  Character, Swans, Ducks

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• The thing about Janis is that she just looked so unique, an ugly duckling dressed as a princess, fearlessly so. Seeing her live was like watching a boxing match. Her performance was so in your face and electrifying that it really put you right there in the moment. There you were living your nice little life in the suburbs and suddenly there was this train wreck, and it was Janis.

  Chrissie Hynde

  Nice, Princess, Unique

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• I grew up as the ugly duckling, they called me 'la prieta fea', which means ugly dark one - that was my nickname.

  Eva Longoria

  Mean, Dark, Nicknames

  "The Sentinel - Eva Longoria interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I always believed I was an ugly duckling in a family of swans, you know? I was such a black sheep, and it was the same way in high school... I was just kind of that awkward theater kid with a bunch of athletes... it was very Glee.

  Lindsay Pearce

  Athlete, School, Kids

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