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 LORENYou 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.
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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The Fountain of Youth is in your mind.
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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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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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You must all, somewhere deep in your hearts, believe that you have a special beauty that is like no other and that is so valuable that you must not abandon it. Indeed, you must learn to cherish it.
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Ignorance has its virtues; without it there’d be mighty little conversation.
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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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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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I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.
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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’m very susceptible to sex appeal.
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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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Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.
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The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.
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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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