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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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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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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Youth deals only in extremes.
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Usually we trust that nature has a master plan. But what was it she expected us to do with tobacco?.
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Learning about acting for camera is really quite exciting to engage with and deal with.
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A thought that sometimes makes me hazy: Am I - or are the others crazy?
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The mystical life is the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write. . . . I have always considered myself a voice of what I believe to be a greater renaissance - the revolt of the soul against the intellect.
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Intense love does not measure, it just gives.
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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.
