Famous quotes containing the words ugly and/or american:
“What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)