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.
SOPHIA LORENThere 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.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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I was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out of myself.
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I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
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I firmly believe we can make our own miracles if we believe strongly enough in ourselves and our mission on earth.
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The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn’t know what war is except from television.
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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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The fantasy of a man is the best weapon of a woman.
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Where youthful beauty is unconscious, mature beauty is knowing and sophisticated.
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A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
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You must all, somewhere deep in your hearts, believe that you have a special beauty that is like no other and that is so valuable that you must not abandon it. Indeed, you must learn to cherish it.
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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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As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.
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I know how to say ‘no’ in twelve languages. That’s enough for a woman.
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Learn to use your brains as deftly as your powder box, and then maybe you have a powder box and do not need.
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Learn to use your brains as deftly as your powder box, and then, perhaps, powder box you will not need. Know smart women men say beautiful – eyes snatched from the crowd and do not forget just charming.
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A dog is faithful, a woman never.
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