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 LORENMistakes are the price of an interesting life.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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Hate is unfulfilled love.
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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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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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I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.
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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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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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When I’m walking along in the street, I always feel that around the corner, there is something wonderful waiting for me. That’s my attitude.
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The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.
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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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Until you lose your mother you don’t know what it is.
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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.
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There is no better love potion than a coffee. When a man drinks the coffee made by you he will become forever yours.
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I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.
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It’s a mistake to think that once you’re done with school you need never learn anything new.
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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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