Ignorance has its virtues; without it there’d be mighty little conversation.
SOPHIA LORENIf you don’t have the roots somewhere, it’s very difficult for people to work with you. Because you are a different person from them. They don’t know you, really. They don’t know how you feel.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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The girl who swears no one has ever made love to her has a right to swear.
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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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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.
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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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Physical exercise makes you more graceful. After some gymnasitics you walk as if the whole street is yours.
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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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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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I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.
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Luck assists fortune, you need to catch the moment. Otherwise the opportunity fades.
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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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Transformation is something I cannot explain – too much analysis might destroy it.
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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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Sex appeal is 50% what you’ve got and 50% what people think you’ve got.
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The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.
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Good food is a celebration of life.
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