A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
SOPHIA LORENSex appeal is 50% what you’ve got and 50% what people think you’ve got.
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Transformation is something I cannot explain – too much analysis might destroy it.
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Ignorance has its virtues; without it there’d be mighty little conversation.
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Style must be adapted to the woman and not vice versa. The same can be said of clothes.
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The fantasy of a man is the best weapon of a woman.
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Without my mother’s ambition, her drive, I doubt that on my own I would have pushed myself out of Pozzuoli and into the frightening world that was faraway Rome.
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You can always dream. Life is full of dreams that you can fulfill.
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I think the quality of sexiness comes from within. It is something that is in you or it isn’t and it really doesn’t have much to do with breasts or thighs or the pout of your lips.
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My philosophy is that it’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.
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Many people think they want things, but they don’t really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough.
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I don’t like to run. I don’t like to jump up and down. Being a big girl and having a bosom, I injure myself! It upsets me, I have to hold my two things. I just can’t jog, there’s something in the way.
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Cooking is an act of love, a gift, a way of sharing with others the little secrets — ‘piccoli segreti’ — that are simmering on the burners.
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If you can learn to use your mind as well as your powder puff, you will become more truly beautiful.
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You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.
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Being beautiful can never hurt, but you have to have more. You have to sparkle, you have to be fun, you have to make your brain work if you have one.
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Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.
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