Transformation is something I cannot explain – too much analysis might destroy it.
SOPHIA LORENAfter all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.
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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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True happiness is impossible without solitude.
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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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Physical exercise makes you more graceful. After some gymnasitics you walk as if the whole street is yours.
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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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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 know how to say ‘no’ in twelve languages. That’s enough for a woman.
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I’m very susceptible to sex appeal.
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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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Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.
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Being beautiful can never hurt, but you have to have more. You have to sparkle, you have to be fun, you have to make your brain work if you have one.
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Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.
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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 still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up.
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I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.
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I have no regrets. regret only makes wrinkles.
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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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Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.
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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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Believe me, it is actions that count.
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If you haven’t cried, your eyes can’t be beautiful.
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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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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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Be honest about what you can get. To make a sacrifice and to get what you want you need to be very certain. In other words: always think about your objective, have a clear goal and commit to it from the heart.
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