I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
SHAKIRAI started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
More Shakira Quotes
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.
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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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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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I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector.
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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.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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I wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter.
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I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain’s face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn’t see his face.
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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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People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
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I just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
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A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
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I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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