Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
SHAKIRAI wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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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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I’d love to go to that World Cup – I’m not sure in what capacity, but I’ll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me.
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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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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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People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
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I came to understand that I’m never going to be the perfect mother, but I’m going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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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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Brazil is a country I hold very dearly. I’ve got followers there who I’ve been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pele.
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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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It’s incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It’s about understanding myself. Sometimes I’ll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It’s become part of my routine.
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