23 Quotes & Sayings By Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren is a world-renowned Italian actress and a highly respected public figure in Italy and the rest of the world. She began her career as a model at age sixteen, and made her film debut in 1952. After appearing in numerous Italian films, she achieved worldwide recognition with her role in the film "Two Women" (1960), which won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Actress. In 1963, she was again recognized with an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance in "The Pride and the Passion." Loren has also been nominated twice for an Emmy Award and a BAFTA Award. Loren has won a number of awards throughout her career, including a Golden Globe Award, three Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, an Emmy Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, three David di Donatello Awards, three National Board of Review Awards, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress of 1966, the Silver Ribbon of Merit from President Mitterrand of France, and the Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French Minister of Culture Read more

She is one of only six actresses who have won an Academy Award twice.

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving...
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A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view. Sophia Loren
Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in...
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Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical. Sophia Loren
Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.
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Everything you see I owe to spaghetti. Sophia Loren
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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. Sophia Loren
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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. Sophia Loren
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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. Sophia Loren
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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. Sophia Loren
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Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got. Sophia Loren
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At the dressing table, every woman has a chance to be an artist, and art, as Aristotle said, "completes what nature left unfinished. Sophia Loren
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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. Sophia Loren
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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
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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. Sophia Loren
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Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. Sophia Loren
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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
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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 the people you love. When you learn to tap this source you will truly have defeated age. Sophia Loren
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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. Sophia Loren
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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 the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. Sophia Loren
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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. Sophia Loren
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Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner. Sophia Loren
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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.' Sophia Loren
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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. Sophia Loren
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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. Sophia Loren