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01Undated

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.

Sophia Loren / quote

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02Undated

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.

Sophia Loren / quote

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03Undated

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.

Sophia Loren / quote

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04Undated

You have to believe in marriage and you have to believe in a relationship between two people. If you really think in your life that you have found the right person, you have to stick to it, even though there are ups and downs. If you really believe in your union, you have to nourish it and work for it, then you can really spend your life together forever.

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05Undated

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.

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06Undated

I have my own peculiar yardstick for measuring a man: Does he have the courage to cry in a moment of grief? Does he have the compassion not to hunt an animal? In his relationship with a woman, is he gentle? Real manliness is nurtured in kindness and gentleness, which I associate with intelligence, comprehension, tolerance, justice, education, and high morality. If only men realized how easy it is to open a woman's heart with kindness, and how many women close their hearts to the assaults of the Don Juans.

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07Undated

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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08Undated

Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got.

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09Undated

At the dressing table, every woman has a chance to be an artist, and art, as Aristotle said, "completes what nature left unfinished.

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10Undated

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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11Undated

Discipline is the great equalizer. If a young woman is beautiful but has no discipline, she will lose her looks as she grows older. If a plain woman is disciplined she will undoubtedly become more beautiful with time.

Sophia Loren / quote

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12Undated

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows. There is no code of conduct to help beginners. That is why some people with mediocre talent but with great inner drive go much further than people with vastly superior talent.

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13Undated

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

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14Undated

When you are a mother you are never really alone in your thoughts ... A mother has to think twice once for herself and once for her child.

Sophia Loren / quote

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15Undated

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind your talents the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source you will truly have defeated age.

Sophia Loren / quote

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16Undated

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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17Undated

Many people think they want things, but they don't really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough.

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18Undated

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.

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19Undated

No press conference announcing a last film. I'd just steal away. Best way because, if by chance after two or three years something interesting comes up, I would not - like Sinatra - have to say: 'Well, I've thought it over and decided to come back.'

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20Undated

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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21Undated

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.

Sophia Loren / quote

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