At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
SHAKIRAI started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I’m fine that way. I don’t need to be faithful to any concept, you know.
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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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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 feel like there is a part of me that represents a minority in the U.S., a minority around the world. People who struggle, people who want to succeed with drive and ambition.
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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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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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When you feel complete, you don’t need to get married, and you don’t think about it.
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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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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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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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I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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