I didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
SHAKIRAAt the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
More Shakira Quotes
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that’s what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.
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What I do is I remove my makeup every night, use a little bit of Vitamin C serum, and that’s it, pretty much. Of course, I use my 3D White products!
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I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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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 think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.
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I thank God that I’m a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I’m grateful that I know where I come from.
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I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
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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 admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I’m not capable, I’m too cowardly for that.
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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!
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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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I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.
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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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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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I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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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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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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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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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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