Sofia Villani Scicolone (Sophia Loren) Quotes
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
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I appreciate cooperation with Turkey on many issues. We are grateful for the support we receive for E.U. and NATO integration for Montenegro.
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I have a very intimate knowledge of the world of the mentally ill and of life inside of, especially, public hospitals and the way people are treated in there and the way that they try to survive in there.
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Verse in itself does not constitute poetry. Verse is only an elegant vestment for a beautiful form. Poetry can express itself in prose, but it does so more perfectly under the grace and majesty of verse. It is poetry of soul that inspires noble sentiments and noble actions as well as noble writings.
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Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.
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I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination.
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One of the saddest things I've seen in Amazonian cultures is people who were self-sufficient and happy that now think of themselves as poor and become dissatisfied with their lives. What worries me is outsiders trying to impose their values and materialism on the Piraha.
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Virtual reality is inevitably going to become mainstream - it's only a question of how good it needs to be before the mainstream is willing to use it.
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Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.
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How do you give smart, accomplished, ambitious women the same opportunities as men to reach their goals? What about universal preschool and after-school programs? What about changing the corporate mind-set about the time commitment it takes to move up the ladder? What about having more husbands step up and take the major load?
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The revolution will come from the people and the willingness to work towards something better, to fight for a better living.
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I never thought that I would sell to young people, but now girls who are 14 and 15 buy my shoes.
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If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job.
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Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.
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When the time came to make a decision about what do in life, I found myself thinking that acting was the thing I loved to do, so I applied to drama school. And then, I didn't get in - twice.
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Playing around with other people's husbands when you were 17 was bad news. Yes, I was a very naughty girl.
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I think about what I wish I had known when I was a teen and tween. I struggled with a lot of insecurity and self-doubt as a young girl and the side-effects of that were long lasting, well into my late twenties.
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Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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Manicheanism is like a vacuum, it is an either or situation that curtails or destroys the development of liberatory thought.
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The girl who swears no one has ever made love to her has a right to swear.
