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.
SOPHIA LORENI believe that rewards in life are deserved. Every reward is the fruit of discipline, of dedication and of sacrifices. And of stubbornness.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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Isn’t it wonderful to be alive? You know, you can forget all about it. Then suddenly you remember, and think of all the things you can do. Here I am. I can walk around. I can talk. I can see things and remember things. I am alive. How wonderful!
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Ignorance has its virtues; without it there’d be mighty little conversation.
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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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There’s no pleasure in working if you don’t do the things you want to do.
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The girl who swears no one has ever made love to her has a right to swear.
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Sex appeal is 50% what you’ve got and 50% what people think you’ve got.
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There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
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I still like me, inside and out. Not in a vain way – I just feel good in my skin.
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Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.
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When I’m walking along in the street, I always feel that around the corner, there is something wonderful waiting for me. That’s my attitude.
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I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.
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I was so skinny, they gave me the nickname stechetto – the stick. I was tall, thin, ugly and dark like an Arab girl. I looked strange. All eyes. No flesh on my bones.
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The eyes of a woman who never cried can not be beautiful.
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It’s necessary to have an energy that carries you forward. You need the will to live, to have a great curiosity. To look for the best in life, to find new interests.
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Where youthful beauty is unconscious, mature beauty is knowing and sophisticated.
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