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.
SOPHIA LORENAs far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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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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I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.
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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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Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.
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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.
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I was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out of myself.
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You can always dream. Life is full of dreams that you can fulfill.
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Jealousy is a miserable feeling. It means you aspire to something that you cannot have. Even in love, it is better to leave, better not to waste time.
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Good food is a celebration of life.
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I have no regrets. regret only makes wrinkles.
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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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Many people think they want things, but they don’t really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough.
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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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I’m very susceptible to sex appeal.
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Transformation is something I cannot explain – too much analysis might destroy it.
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