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.
SOPHIA LORENThough 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.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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Good food is a celebration of life.
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Sex appeal is 50% what you’ve got and 50% what people think you’ve got.
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There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
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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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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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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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Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.
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Beauty is no handicap if you don’t think about it.
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A dog is faithful, a woman never.
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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 have no regrets. regret only makes wrinkles.
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The Fountain of Youth is in your mind.
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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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Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.
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I still like me, inside and out. Not in a vain way – I just feel good in my skin.
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