I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.
SOPHIA LORENSex appeal is 50% what you’ve got and 50% what people think you’ve got.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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Though 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.
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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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The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.
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I have no regrets. regret only makes wrinkles.
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You can always dream. Life is full of dreams that you can fulfill.
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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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If you can learn to use your mind as well as your powder puff, you will become more truly beautiful.
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If you haven’t cried, your eyes can’t be beautiful.
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Any woman can look her best if she feels good in her skin. It’s not a question of clothes or makeup. It’s how she sparkles.
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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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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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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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The fantasy of a man is the best weapon of a woman.
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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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