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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.

— Sophia Loren

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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)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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