You do not become a star, you are born a star. A star is born with that indefinable extra something.
SOPHIA LORENI was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out of myself.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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A dog is faithful, a woman never.
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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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Good food is a celebration of life.
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Learn to use your brains as deftly as your powder box, and then, perhaps, powder box you will not need. Know smart women men say beautiful – eyes snatched from the crowd and do not forget just charming.
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I was so skinny, they gave me the nickname stechetto – the stick. I was tall, thin, ugly and dark like an Arab girl. I looked strange. All eyes. No flesh on my bones.
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Until you lose your mother you don’t know what it is.
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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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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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The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.
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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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I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.
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Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.
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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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Success, I would find out, is interior. It has to do with self-fulfillment and the joy of living.
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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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