I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
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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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 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.
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I wanna stay an eternal girlfriend. I want to have my boyfriend’s children, but I don’t think we need a piece of paper to regulate the game, and we don’t have to go through the whole stress of a wedding and suffering to throw a good party.
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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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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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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.
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My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I’m different.
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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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My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don’t respect you and when they respect you they don’t love you.
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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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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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I didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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