I have never judged myself by other people’s standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail myself.
SOPHIA LORENWhere youthful beauty is unconscious, mature beauty is knowing and sophisticated.
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And 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.
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A dog is faithful, a woman never.
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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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The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.
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The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn’t know what war is except from television.
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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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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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Be honest about what you can get. To make a sacrifice and to get what you want you need to be very certain. In other words: always think about your objective, have a clear goal and commit to it from the heart.
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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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I’m a giraffe. I even walk like a giraffe with a long neck and legs. It’s a pretty dumb animal, mind you.
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Where youthful beauty is unconscious, mature beauty is knowing and sophisticated.
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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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The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.
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I think the quality of sexiness comes from within.
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Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.
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