My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
SHAKIRAI feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
More Shakira Quotes
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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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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’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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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 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 now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
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For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you’re not a small, you’re not a large.
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I just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.
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I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
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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 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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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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Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
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