Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it’s up to us to find solutions today so that we don’t keep passing our problems on.
SHAKIRAMy man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
More Shakira Quotes
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I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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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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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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I just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it’s paid off.
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I would sing anywhere they would invite me. That’s how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort.
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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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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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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 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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