I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
SHAKIRAI adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
More Shakira Quotes
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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.
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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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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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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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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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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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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 did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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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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Gerard is just like me, but two meters tall. We’re very alike; it’s not for nothing that we were born on the same day, it’s just that he was born 10 years later… he’s a happy guy, healthy here, in the head.
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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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And I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered.
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