The 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.
SOPHIA LORENI eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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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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I was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out of myself.
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Until you lose your mother you don’t know what it is.
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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.
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Transformation is something I cannot explain – too much analysis might destroy it.
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Beauty is no handicap if you don’t think about it.
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When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
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My philosophy is that it’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.
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Where youthful beauty is unconscious, mature beauty is knowing and sophisticated.
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Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.
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The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.
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I’m very susceptible to sex appeal.
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Physical exercise makes you more graceful. After some gymnasitics you walk as if the whole street is yours.
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Style must be adapted to the woman and not vice versa. The same can be said of clothes.
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Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.
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