I was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out of myself.
SOPHIA LORENThe first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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The fantasy of a man is the best weapon of a woman.
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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.
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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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I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.
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Jealousy is a miserable feeling. It means you aspire to something that you cannot have. Even in love, it is better to leave, better not to waste time.
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A dog is faithful, a woman never.
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You really have to be satisfied with what you are and accept from life what it still very generously offers you – and notice it, and be glad for it.
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The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn’t know what war is except from television.
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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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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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I firmly believe we can make our own miracles if we believe strongly enough in ourselves and our mission on earth.
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I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.
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Hate is unfulfilled love.
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You can always dream. Life is full of dreams that you can fulfill.
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