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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.

Sophia Loren

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.
SOPHIA LOREN

Appearance Body Bully Myself Skin Strange
As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.
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Acceptance Beautiful Confidence Feeling Order Responsibility
I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.
SOPHIA LOREN

Eat Fruit Meat Myself Sweet
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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Children Compare Fact Life War
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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Face Follow Love Sex Wash
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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Appearance Drink Face Food Health Skin Wrong Yourself
Being beautiful can never hurt, but you have to have more. You have to sparkle, you have to be fun, you have to make your brain work if you have one.
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Beautiful Fun Hurt Oneself Yourself
Any woman can look her best if she feels good in her skin. It’s not a question of clothes or makeup. It’s how she sparkles.
SOPHIA LOREN

Best Feeling Goodness Herself Make Up Skin Woman
Sometimes when you involve yourself in so many things, you can’t do any of them well – and I like to do everything perfectly.
SOPHIA LOREN

Load Perfection Work Yourself
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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Big Body Funny Injury Run Way
I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
SOPHIA LOREN

Appearance Body Drink Eat Myself Wine
After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
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Age Better Discover Exploration Life Mistake Myself Play Safety Time
A dog is faithful, a woman never.
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Dog Faith One Liner Woman
My philosophy is that it’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.
SOPHIA LOREN

Exploration Life Mistake Myself Philosophy
I know how to say ‘no’ in twelve languages. That’s enough for a woman.
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Enough Knowledge Language Myself Woman
The Fountain of Youth is in your mind.
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Fountain Mindset Yourself Youth

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