I have never judged myself by other people’s standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail myself.
SOPHIA LORENYou must all, somewhere deep in your hearts, believe that you have a special beauty that is like no other and that is so valuable that you must not abandon it. Indeed, you must learn to cherish it.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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The Fountain of Youth is in your mind.
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There’s no pleasure in working if you don’t do the things you want to do.
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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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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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The fantasy of a man is the best weapon of a woman.
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You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.
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The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.
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After 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.
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I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
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I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.
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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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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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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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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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