Sophia Loren quotes

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view. (Sophia Loren)
Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got. View quote
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Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful. View quote
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There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. View quote
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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. View quote
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Everything you see I owe to spaghetti. View quote
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A mother always thinks twice: for herself and for the child. View quote
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If you haven't cried, your eyes can't be beautiful. View quote
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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. View quote
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The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for. View quote
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Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical. (Sophia Loren)
The eyes of a woman who never cried can not be beautiful. View quote
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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. View quote
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Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I was not intrigued with the accouterments of success and fame, the furs, jewels, expensive automobiles and mansions... I can assure you that these things were not on my mind when I sat spellbound in that Pozzuoli movie house. It was what these performers on the screen were doing, not what they received for doing it. View quote
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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. View quote
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Ignorance has its virtues without it there'd be mighty little conversation. View quote
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True happiness is impossible without solitude.... I need solitude in my life as I need food and drink and the laughter of little children. Extravagant though it may sound, solitude is the filter of my soul. It nourishes me, and rejuvenates me. Left alone, I discovered that I keep myself good company. (Sophia Loren)
My mother taught me the most important principles, to be determined in life, to be disciplined, to be able to understand that there are some things that you can't do and other things you have to do, that you always have to be surrounded by love, that you have to be understanding. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Success, I would find out, is interior. It has to do with self-fulfillment and the joy of living. View quote
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