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.
SHAKIRAI pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
More Shakira Quotes
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I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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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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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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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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Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever.
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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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People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
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It’s incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It’s about understanding myself. Sometimes I’ll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It’s become part of my routine.
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I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
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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’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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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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I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
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