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 LORENA mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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A woman’s dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.
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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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Style must be adapted to the woman and not vice versa. The same can be said of clothes.
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If you haven’t cried, your eyes can’t be beautiful.
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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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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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Believe me, it is actions that count.
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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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Isn’t it wonderful to be alive? You know, you can forget all about it. Then suddenly you remember, and think of all the things you can do. Here I am. I can walk around. I can talk. I can see things and remember things. I am alive. How wonderful!
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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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The girl who swears no one has ever made love to her has a right to swear.
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I know how to say ‘no’ in twelve languages. That’s enough for a woman.
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You can always dream. Life is full of dreams that you can fulfill.
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I’ve never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don’t understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.
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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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