When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
SHAKIRAIt’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.
More Shakira Quotes
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I’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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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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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’m barefoot whenever I can be.
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I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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It’s very difficult to think that you’re with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don’t know them: it turns out that they betray you. It’s painful, but it’s best to turn the page.
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I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then, I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
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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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We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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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. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.
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Elixir’ means magical potion, so I wanted to depict the kind of bottle that was used in ancient times, but that looked modern and chic as well. I also wanted it to have a golden tint to evoke the memories of sands and sunsets.
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