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  • I was the ugly duckling until I reached puberty.

  • I have no idea! I have been writing for 35 years and from the beginning up to now the situation's almost the same. I'm kind of an ugly duckling. Always the duckling, never the swan.

    "Haruki Murakami: 'I'm an outcast of the Japanese literary world'" by Steven Poole, www.theguardian.com. September 13, 2014.
  • 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.'

    "Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.
  • Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.

    Hans Christian Andersen (2016). “Best Fairy Tales”, p.129, Pan Macmillan
  • I grew up feeling like the ugly duckling, and things have not changed that much.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

    Song: Thing Called Love, Album: Nick of Time
  • Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me.

    Song: At Seventeen, Album: Between the Lines, 1975
  • This ugly duckling investment will likely need time - quarters, or even years - to blossom into a beautiful swan.

    Source: www.bloomberg.com
  • I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks.

  • 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.

    Athlete   School   Kids  
  • 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.

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

    "The Sentinel - Eva Longoria interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.
  • There are no ugly ducklings.

  • Prince Charles is the only member of the Royal Family who ever left Cinderella for the Ugly Duckling.

  • Fate cast me to play the role of an ugly duckling with no promise of swanning. . . . I have played my life as a comedy rather than the tragedy many would have made of it.

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

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

  • 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 (2015). “Killosophy”, p.47, Criss Jami
  • In Los Angeles, I feel like the ugly duckling, like I'm from Venus or something.

  • I am not beautiful. My mother once called me an ugly duckling. But,listed separately, I have a few good features.

  • 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.

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

    Source: www.complex.com
  • 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.

    Children   Kids   Swans  
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