I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.
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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Believe me, it is actions that count.
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Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.
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Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.
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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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True happiness is impossible without solitude.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Good food is a celebration of life.
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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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I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
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