I believe that rewards in life are deserved. Every reward is the fruit of discipline, of dedication and of sacrifices. And of stubbornness.
SOPHIA LORENThe two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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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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I think the quality of sexiness comes from within. It is something that is in you or it isn’t and it really doesn’t have much to do with breasts or thighs or the pout of your lips.
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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’m very susceptible to sex appeal.
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I’m a giraffe. I even walk like a giraffe with a long neck and legs. It’s a pretty dumb animal, mind you.
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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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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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I’ve never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don’t understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.
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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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I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.
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If you can learn to use your mind as well as your powder puff, you will become more truly beautiful.
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Beauty is no handicap if you don’t think about it.
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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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Luck assists fortune, you need to catch the moment. Otherwise the opportunity fades.
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Isn’t it wonderful to be alive? You know, you can forget all about it. Then suddenly you remember, and think of all the things you can do. Here I am. I can walk around. I can talk. I can see things and remember things. I am alive. How wonderful!
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