I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
SHAKIRAI now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
More Shakira Quotes
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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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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 feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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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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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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What I do is I remove my makeup every night, use a little bit of Vitamin C serum, and that’s it, pretty much. Of course, I use my 3D White products!
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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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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All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn’t have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
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We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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A man’s car is like an extension of their ego and their manhood.
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I thank God that I’m a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I’m grateful that I know where I come from.
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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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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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