The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.
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.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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Ignorance has its virtues; without it there’d be mighty little conversation.
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I was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out of myself.
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As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.
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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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You 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.
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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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Style must be adapted to the woman and not vice versa. The same can be said of clothes.
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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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It’s necessary to have an energy that carries you forward. You need the will to live, to have a great curiosity. To look for the best in life, to find new interests.
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Sex appeal is 50% what you’ve got and 50% what people think you’ve got.
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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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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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You must all, somewhere deep in your hearts, believe that you have a special beauty that is like no other and that is so valuable that you must not abandon it. Indeed, you must learn to cherish it.
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I know how to say ‘no’ in twelve languages. That’s enough for a woman.
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I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
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