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.
SHAKIRAI 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.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.
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People think I like to expose my body. But I don’t. It’s just because the dance moves require it.
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I just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.
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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 always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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I just think that it’s very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.
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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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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I’m different.
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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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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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I’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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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’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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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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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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I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature.
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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 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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I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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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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