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.
SOPHIA LORENAnd 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.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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If you haven’t cried, your eyes can’t be beautiful.
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I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.
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Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.
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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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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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You do not become a star, you are born a star. A star is born with that indefinable extra something.
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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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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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Good food is a celebration of life.
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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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If you can learn to use your mind as well as your powder puff, you will become more truly beautiful.
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I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up.
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The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.
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A dog is faithful, a woman never.
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