The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
SHAKIRAI feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
More Shakira Quotes
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I just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
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Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region.
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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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I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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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 believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world.
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I’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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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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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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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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If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I’ve gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.
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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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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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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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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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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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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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I didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
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Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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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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It’s very difficult to think that you’re with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don’t know them: it turns out that they betray you. It’s painful, but it’s best to turn the page.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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