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.
SOPHIA LORENI am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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Success, I would find out, is interior. It has to do with self-fulfillment and the joy of living.
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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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A dog is faithful, a woman never.
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Being beautiful can never hurt, but you have to have more. You have to sparkle, you have to be fun, you have to make your brain work if you have one.
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The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.
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Good food is a celebration of life.
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You really have to be satisfied with what you are and accept from life what it still very generously offers you – and notice it, and be glad for 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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I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.
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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 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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A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
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Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.
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The girl who swears no one has ever made love to her has a right to swear.
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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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I think the quality of sexiness comes from within.
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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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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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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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Ignorance has its virtues; without it there’d be mighty little conversation.
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When 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.
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The Fountain of Youth is in your mind.
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Many people think they want things, but they don’t really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough.
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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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Style must be adapted to the woman and not vice versa. The same can be said of clothes.
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