Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
SHAKIRA
SHAKIRA
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I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
ShakiraShakira I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
ShakiraShakira From a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we’re just born.
ShakiraShakira You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
ShakiraShakira I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
ShakiraShakira President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
ShakiraShakira I know what it’s like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.
ShakiraShakira Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
ShakiraShakira A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
ShakiraShakira A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
ShakiraShakira 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.
ShakiraShakira 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.
ShakiraShakira I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
ShakiraShakira I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.
ShakiraShakira I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
ShakiraShakira When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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Original quotes
From our community writers
Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
Sarah ShawkatSarah Shawkat
Meet the writers
More on soccer
Ally MacLeod thinks that tactics are a new kind of mint.
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly I have a 16 year-old son, so I’m now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things parents are saying, so I want them to understand what it is their kids are feeling in any sports environment.
Brandi ChastainBrandi Chastain Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly We are really quite lucky this yeara because Christmas falls on Christmas Day
Bobby GouldBobby Gould We didn’t underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.
Bobby RobsonBobby Robson Well we got nine and you can’t score more than that
Bobby RobsonBobby Robson The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly If you’re in the penalty area and don’t know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we’ll discuss the options later.
Bob PaisleyBob Paisley