Until you lose your mother you don’t know what it is.
SOPHIA LORENUntil you lose your mother you don’t know what it is.
SOPHIA LORENThe two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.
SOPHIA LORENI’m very susceptible to sex appeal.
SOPHIA LORENI 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.
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.
SOPHIA LORENWhen 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.
SOPHIA LORENA dog is faithful, a woman never.
SOPHIA LORENThe right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.
SOPHIA LORENAnd as I walk round the park I always think, ‘Maybe round the corner I am going to find something beautiful.’ I always think positively. It is very rare that you find me in a mood that is sad or melancholic.
SOPHIA LORENNothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.
SOPHIA LORENI believe that rewards in life are deserved. Every reward is the fruit of discipline, of dedication and of sacrifices. And of stubbornness.
SOPHIA LORENThough poor and anxious to work, I refused to alter anything. They would take me as I looked or not at all. Eventually I profited by looking like myself and not like what was fashionable years ago with certain film technicians in Rome.
SOPHIA LORENIt’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.
SOPHIA LORENThere is no better love potion than a coffee. When a man drinks the coffee made by you he will become forever yours.
SOPHIA LORENI’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
SOPHIA LORENThere’s no pleasure in working if you don’t do the things you want to do.
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