I firmly believe we can make our own miracles if we believe strongly enough in ourselves and our mission on earth.
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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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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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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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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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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And as I walk round the park I always think, ‘Maybe round the corner I am going to find something beautiful.’ I always think positively. It is very rare that you find me in a mood that is sad or melancholic.
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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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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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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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There’s no pleasure in working if you don’t do the things you want to do.
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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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Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.
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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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Isn’t it wonderful to be alive? You know, you can forget all about it. Then suddenly you remember, and think of all the things you can do. Here I am. I can walk around. I can talk. I can see things and remember things. I am alive. How wonderful!
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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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If you can learn to use your mind as well as your powder puff, you will become more truly beautiful.
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