I’m a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are – there’s no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don’t see!
SHAKIRAFrom 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.
More Shakira Quotes
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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 love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people were still discovering new worlds.
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Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
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Brazil is a country I hold very dearly. I’ve got followers there who I’ve been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pele.
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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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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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I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
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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’d love to go to that World Cup – I’m not sure in what capacity, but I’ll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me.
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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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If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.
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I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
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I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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