People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
SHAKIRAI am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
More Shakira Quotes
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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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Gerard doesn’t tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then, I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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I’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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So I like the work he’s doing, and I support it, and I realise that he’s one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
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My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
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I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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People think I like to expose my body. But I don’t. It’s just because the dance moves require it.
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I’m barefoot whenever I can be.
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I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you’re always giving interviews.
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
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I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it’s paid off.
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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.
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Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it’s up to us to find solutions today so that we don’t keep passing our problems on.
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I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
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I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world.
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