I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.
SOPHIA LORENI was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.
SOPHIA LORENYou 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.
SOPHIA LORENIf you haven’t cried, your eyes can’t be beautiful.
SOPHIA LORENIf you can learn to use your mind as well as your powder puff, you will become more truly beautiful.
SOPHIA LORENA dog is faithful, a woman never.
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 LORENIgnorance has its virtues; without it there’d be mighty little conversation.
SOPHIA LORENLearn 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.
SOPHIA LORENWithout my mother’s ambition, her drive, I doubt that on my own I would have pushed myself out of Pozzuoli and into the frightening world that was faraway Rome.
SOPHIA LORENI know how to say ‘no’ in twelve languages. That’s enough for a woman.
SOPHIA LORENI firmly believe we can make our own miracles if we believe strongly enough in ourselves and our mission on earth.
SOPHIA LORENYou 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.
SOPHIA LORENThere’s no pleasure in working if you don’t do the things you want to do.
SOPHIA LORENUntil you lose your mother you don’t know what it is.
SOPHIA LORENThe Fountain of Youth is in your mind.
SOPHIA LORENMany 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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