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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 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 Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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!
ShakiraShakira 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.
ShakiraShakira You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
ShakiraShakira 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.
ShakiraShakira Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever.
ShakiraShakira 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!
ShakiraShakira I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
ShakiraShakira Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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