In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
SHAKIRA
I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
More Shakira Quotes
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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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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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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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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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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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I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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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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Being raised in a developing country opened my eyes to so much I cannot tolerate. In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it’s not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
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I was a real mummy’s girl – still am. And as for my father, well, I have an Oedipus complex I’m still working out. I love that man!
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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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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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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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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 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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