I was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out of myself.
SOPHIA LORENI was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out of myself.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
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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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The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.
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Ignorance has its virtues; without it there’d be mighty little conversation.
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The mirror of your health is your skin. If you drink, it shows in your face; if you eat the wrong foods, you have pimples. If you take care of your food and you lead a healthy life, your skin will look wonderful.
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Be honest about what you can get. To make a sacrifice and to get what you want you need to be very certain. In other words: always think about your objective, have a clear goal and commit to it from the heart.
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After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
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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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Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.
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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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Believe me, it is actions that count.
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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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Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.
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You have to be born a sex symbol. You don’t become one. If you’re born with it, you’ll have it even when you’re 100 years old.
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