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• To a space alien or a German Shepherd dog, two humans would be indistinguishable, just as attractive and unattractive space aliens and German Shepherd dogs are difficult for you to tell apart.

  David Eagleman

  Dog, Two, Space

  David Eagleman (2011). “Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain”, p.80, Canongate Books

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• People strive to achieve a certain form of perfection constantly and it's impossible because it's a form of opinion. I can think someone is pretty but the person next to me can think that they're unattractive.

  Mila Kunis

  Thinking, People, Perfection

  "Mila Kunis Interview, Black Swan". MoviesOnline Interview, November 2010.

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• I've met people who've dismissed me, and then they find out that they like my work, and suddenly their attitude changes toward me. And I think that's very funny and very human. But it's also very unattractive.

  Steve Coogan

  Attitude, Thinking, People

  Interview with Alfonso Cuarón, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 5, 2014.

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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'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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I became a writer because during several of the most important years of my life, writing seemed to me to be the most unreal, unattractive, and unecessary idea ever imposed upon the human race.

  William Saroyan

  Writing, Years, Ideas

  William Saroyan (1968). “I used to believe I had forever, now I'm not so sure”

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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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• 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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• 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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• If I was in Sydney, I love the beach. Even though I'm incredibly pale, I put on these terribly long unattractive rashies, and people laugh at me. My kids laugh at me. But that's what I would do.

  Nicole Kidman

  Beach, Kids, Long

  "Nicole Kidman Loves Playing On the Floor with Her Kids", www.justjared.com. September 27, 2015.

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• Civilization has taught man how to live in dense crowds, and by that very fact those crowds are likely ultimately to constitute a majority of the world’s population. Already there are many who prefer this crowded life, but there are others who do not, and these will gradually be eliminated. Life in the crowded conditions of cities has many unattractive features, but in the long run these may be overcome, not so much by altering them, but simply by changing the human race into liking them.

  Charles Galton Darwin

  Running, Men, Civilization

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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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• When I first went to America in 1928, there were spittoons everywhere. I remember avoiding spit as it flew past me in Times Square. Very unattractive.

  John Gielgud

  Past, America, Squares

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• I have met a great celebrity, Madame Dudevant, known as George Sand... Her appearance is not to my liking. Indeed there is something about her which positively repels me... What an unattractive person La Sand is... Is she really a woman? I'm inclined to doubt it.

  Frederic Chopin

  People, Doubt, Sand

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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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• Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws. There's a great many intersections between this unseemly tabloid phenomena and serious social issues and we never get to that intersection because serious people don't like to talk about that unattractive stuff.

  Bill James

  Law, Issues, People

  "Writer Bill James". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. May 20, 2011.

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• If the perfect Son of God is unattractive to you, then obviously you are an unattractive person.

  John Gerstner

  Son, Perfect, Ifs

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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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• 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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• Probably one of the reasons why gushing is so unattractive is that it leaves nothing for the listener to do.

  Margery Wilson

  Reason Why, Flattery, Conversation

  Margery Wilson (1928). “Charm”

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