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 LORENCooking is an act of love, a gift, a way of sharing with others the little secrets — ‘piccoli segreti’ — that are simmering on the burners.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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Believe me, it is actions that count.
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You do not become a star, you are born a star. A star is born with that indefinable extra something.
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Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.
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I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up.
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Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.
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I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
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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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Mistakes are the price of an interesting life.
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Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.
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I think the quality of sexiness comes from within.
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Sex is like washing your face – just something you do because you have to. Sex without love is absolutely ridiculous. Sex follows love, it never precedes it.
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There is no better love potion than a coffee. When a man drinks the coffee made by you he will become forever yours.
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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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Where youthful beauty is unconscious, mature beauty is knowing and sophisticated.
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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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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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It’s a mistake to think that once you’re done with school you need never learn anything new.
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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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Transformation is something I cannot explain – too much analysis might destroy it.
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Sex appeal is 50% what you’ve got and 50% what people think you’ve got.
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Sometimes when you involve yourself in so many things, you can’t do any of them well – and I like to do everything perfectly.
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If you haven’t cried, your eyes can’t be 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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I have no regrets. regret only makes wrinkles.
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Hate is unfulfilled love.
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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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