The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn’t know what war is except from television.
SOPHIA LORENLuck assists fortune, you need to catch the moment. Otherwise the opportunity fades.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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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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A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
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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’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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A dog is faithful, a woman never.
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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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If 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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Mistakes are the price of an interesting life.
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I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.
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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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Until you lose your mother you don’t know what it is.
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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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I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
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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 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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