I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.
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.
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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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I still like me, inside and out. Not in a vain way – I just feel good in my skin.
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There is no greater love potion than regular coffee, brewed his own. When a man tries it, he was not going anywhere.
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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 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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The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.
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I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up.
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The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.
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Beauty is no handicap if you don’t think about it.
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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 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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The fantasy of a man is the best weapon of a woman.
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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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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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Without 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.
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I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.
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I don’t like to go in places where women talk and gossip. The atmosphere I don’t like, even though you can sometimes meet nice people. For me, it’s a waste of time.
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Learn to use your brains as deftly as your powder box, and then, perhaps, powder box you will not need. Know smart women men say beautiful – eyes snatched from the crowd and do not forget just charming.
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Sex is like washing your face – just something you do because you have to. Sex without love is absolutely ridiculous. Sex follows love, it never precedes it.
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I firmly believe we can make our own miracles if we believe strongly enough in ourselves and our mission on earth.
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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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Sometimes when you involve yourself in so many things, you can’t do any of them well – and I like to do everything perfectly.
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I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
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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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There’s no pleasure in working if you don’t do the things you want to do.
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The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.
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