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.
SHAKIRAI can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
More Shakira Quotes
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My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I’m conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
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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 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’d love to go to that World Cup – I’m not sure in what capacity, but I’ll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me.
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I’m barefoot whenever I can be.
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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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When you feel complete, you don’t need to get married, and you don’t think about it.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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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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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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My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don’t respect you and when they respect you they don’t love you.
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I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.
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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 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 think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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