All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn’t have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
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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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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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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What happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it’s not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It’s a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It’s a very mental game.
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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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I just think that it’s very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.
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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 was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations.
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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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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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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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I’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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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.
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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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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.
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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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The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you’re always giving interviews.
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I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don’t have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we’re made of.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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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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And I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered.
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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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Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won’t crumble around me.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
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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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