Sofia Villani Scicolone (Sophia Loren) Quotes
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 did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for the expensive lessons. But, otherwise they said I could do what I wanted to do.
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If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.
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Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.
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Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. She is a veil, rather than a mirror.
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When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.
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The great irony to Dirk [Gently] is that he sees connections in everything, but the one thing he fails and struggles with most is connecting with other people.
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will take a look at what they do propose. The main thing we're looking for is, if they are continuing to operate, it must be in a way that does not violate air-quality standards.
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities. If you want to fail yourself - you can - but you cannot do your own thing if you have responsibilities to team members.
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What's real? What's not? That's what I do in my act, test how other people deal with reality.
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Men are weak and constantly need reassurance, so now that they fail to find adulation in the opposite sex, they're turning to each other. Less and less do men need women. More and more do gentlemen prefer gentlemen.
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One of the things that kept me out of trouble was doing something creative - creativity can't be judged.
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The standards for ballot access in New York State apply equally to all candidates seeking a given political nomination, ... In other words, all similarly situated are treated equally.
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Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq.
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But I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.
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Course titles and even course descriptions often fail to reveal what is actually taught (much less learned).
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The neccessity for making a living keeps our minds so bound down to the details of professional success that we sometimes forget there is anything except professional success to live for. The necessity of conforming our habits and standards to the habits and standards of those about us, in order that we may do efficient work, makes us forget that there is a point where conformity ceases to be a virtue.
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Our bodies, speeches and minds need to be trained so that they will do anything we want. We can cry or laugh at once when we want to. Then it will be a natural response; we will cry when it is time to cry, and laugh when we should laugh. Do you understand? We can get angry when necessary; we can be gentle if we have to. We will completely become our own master. Then, no matter what we want to do, it will benefit the world. It is not difficult to attain this stage; all we need to do is to mediate.
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Ideas may drift into other minds, but they do not drift my way. I have to go and fetch them. I know no work manual or mental to equal the appalling heart-breaking anguish of fetching an idea from nowhere.
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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.
