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.
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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I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.
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I don’t like to run. I don’t like to jump up and down. Being a big girl and having a bosom, I injure myself! It upsets me, I have to hold my two things. I just can’t jog, there’s something in the way.
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I know how to say ‘no’ in twelve languages. That’s enough for a woman.
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When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
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My philosophy is that it’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.
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I believe that rewards in life are deserved. Every reward is the fruit of discipline, of dedication and of sacrifices. And of stubbornness.
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A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
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I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.
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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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Transformation is something I cannot explain – too much analysis might destroy it.
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Believe me, it is actions that count.
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If you can learn to use your mind as well as your powder puff, you will become more truly beautiful.
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You do not become a star, you are born a star. A star is born with that indefinable extra something.
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Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.
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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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