I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
SHAKIRAI will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain’s face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn’t see his face.
More Shakira Quotes
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I just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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And I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered.
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I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
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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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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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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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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.
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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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I would sing anywhere they would invite me. That’s how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort.
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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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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.
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I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
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