13 quotes
A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.
Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got.
Halliwell’s Filmgoer’s Companion (1984)
Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.
The Subtlety of Emotions (2001)
Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.
Morrow's International Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations (1982)
My philosophy is that it's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.
Living and Loving: Her Own Story (1979)
After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
Words of Wisdom and Quotables Quotes (2007)
Naples is so strong, so vital. It’s about music and dance. Books and books of history. Read all the books first and then we can talk.
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 have truly defeated age.
Hope Notes : 52 Meditations to Nudge Your World (2004)
My mother’s feelings were all closed off inside herself…I was allowed to be a part of it, never in a good way, never like mother and daughter.
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.
Valentines & Vitriol (1977)
Yes, well, maybe sometimes. But then I say to myself: ‘Shut up. Be strong. Just keep going and try. Sometimes you make mistakes and sometimes you win.’ I made some mistakes,”…But still I won.
I was blessed with a sense of my own destiny. I have never sold myself short. 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.
Living and Loving: Her Own Story (1979)
I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright. I was also born old. And illegitimate. But the two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.