I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
SHAKIRAI’m more afraid of marriage than death.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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It’s not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It’s not easy if those people aren’t as perfectionistic as I am.
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I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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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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Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it’s up to us to find solutions today so that we don’t keep passing our problems on.
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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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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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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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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
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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 know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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