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.
SOPHIA LORENAny woman can look her best if she feels good in her skin. It’s not a question of clothes or makeup. It’s how she sparkles.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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Sometimes when you involve yourself in so many things, you can’t do any of them well – and I like to do everything perfectly.
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Transformation is something I cannot explain – too much analysis might destroy it.
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I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.
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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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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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Physical exercise makes you more graceful. After some gymnasitics you walk as if the whole street is yours.
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I have no regrets. regret only makes wrinkles.
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I know how to say ‘no’ in twelve languages. That’s enough for a woman.
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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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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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Ignorance has its virtues; without it there’d be mighty little conversation.
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Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.
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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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It’s necessary to have an energy that carries you forward. You need the will to live, to have a great curiosity. To look for the best in life, to find new interests.
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