I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.
SOPHIA LORENThere’s no pleasure in working if you don’t do the things you want to do.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
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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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I know how to say ‘no’ in twelve languages. That’s enough for a woman.
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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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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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Beauty is no handicap if you don’t think about it.
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The eyes of a woman who never cried can not be beautiful.
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Ignorance has its virtues; without it there’d be mighty little conversation.
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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 can always dream. Life is full of dreams that you can fulfill.
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There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
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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 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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