From a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we’re just born.
SHAKIRAI remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
More Shakira Quotes
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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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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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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So I like the work he’s doing, and I support it, and I realise that he’s one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
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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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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 adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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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 was a real mummy’s girl – still am. And as for my father, well, I have an Oedipus complex I’m still working out. I love that man!
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Every day now, I discover something new. Go through phases in which I feel much more in touch with my feminine side in ways I never thought possible. I’m letting the woman inside of me speak, the desires of this woman, speak as loud as they can.
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I just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
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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 love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people were still discovering new worlds.
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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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