Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won’t crumble around me.
SHAKIRAI did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
More Shakira Quotes
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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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When you feel complete, you don’t need to get married, and you don’t think about it.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.
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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
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I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don’t have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we’re made of.
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My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I’m conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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I feel like there is a part of me that represents a minority in the U.S., a minority around the world. People who struggle, people who want to succeed with drive and ambition.
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I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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