My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
SHAKIRAI want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
More Shakira Quotes
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I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I’m fine that way. I don’t need to be faithful to any concept, you know.
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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
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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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My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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Every day now, I discover something new. Go through phases in which I feel much more in touch with my feminine side in ways I never thought possible. I’m letting the woman inside of me speak, the desires of this woman, speak as loud as they can.
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I just think that it’s very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.
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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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What happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it’s not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It’s a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It’s a very mental game.
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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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When we were in the Dark Ages, it was a question of humanity somehow managing to forget about itself. We put God in the centre of society, and people forgot about their own nature and desires. There was a huge deal of repression.
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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’m a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are – there’s no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don’t see!
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I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I’ve been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don’t get a chance to be heard.
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I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
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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’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.
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I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
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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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My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don’t respect you and when they respect you they don’t love you.
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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.
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