Though poor and anxious to work, I refused to alter anything. They would take me as I looked or not at all. Eventually I profited by looking like myself and not like what was fashionable years ago with certain film technicians in Rome.
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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I don’t like to run. I don’t like to jump up and down. Being a big girl and having a bosom, I injure myself! It upsets me, I have to hold my two things. I just can’t jog, there’s something in the way.
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And 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.
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Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.
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Until you lose your mother you don’t know what it is.
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Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.
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Believe me, it is actions that count.
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I still like me, inside and out. Not in a vain way – I just feel good in my skin.
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I think the quality of sexiness comes from within.
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As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.
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Isn’t it wonderful to be alive? You know, you can forget all about it. Then suddenly you remember, and think of all the things you can do. Here I am. I can walk around. I can talk. I can see things and remember things. I am alive. How wonderful!
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Luck assists fortune, you need to catch the moment. Otherwise the opportunity fades.
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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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Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.
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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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Be honest about what you can get. To make a sacrifice and to get what you want you need to be very certain. In other words: always think about your objective, have a clear goal and commit to it from the heart.
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