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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Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we 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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It is our function as artists to make the spectator see the world our way not his way.
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I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat?
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I think I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control. Out of control and dangerous and reckless and thoughtless scares me, because people get hurt.
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NATO remains a military alliance, and we are against having a military alliance making itself at home right in our own backyard; in our historic territory. I simply cannot imagine that we would travel to Sevastopol to visit NATO sailors. Of course, most of them are wonderful guys, but it would be better to have them come and visit us, be our guests, rather than the other way round.
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People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they'll go to any length to live longer. But don't think that's the reason most people run. Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest.
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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.
