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.
SOPHIA LORENIt’s a mistake to think that once you’re done with school you need never learn anything new.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
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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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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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If you can learn to use your mind as well as your powder puff, you will become more truly beautiful.
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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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The mirror of your health is your skin. If you drink, it shows in your face; if you eat the wrong foods, you have pimples. If you take care of your food and you lead a healthy life, your skin will look wonderful.
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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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Success, I would find out, is interior. It has to do with self-fulfillment and the joy of living.
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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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My philosophy is that it’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.
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A woman’s dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.
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Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.
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Ignorance has its virtues; without it there’d be mighty little conversation.
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Good food is a celebration of life.
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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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