My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
SHAKIRAI’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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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 love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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So I like the work he’s doing, and I support it, and I realise that he’s one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
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I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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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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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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Every day now, I discover something new. Go through phases in which I feel much more in touch with my feminine side in ways I never thought possible. I’m letting the woman inside of me speak, the desires of this woman, speak as loud as they can.
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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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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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’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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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 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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If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I’ve gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.
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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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If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.
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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 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.
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I feel like there is a part of me that represents a minority in the U.S., a minority around the world. People who struggle, people who want to succeed with drive and ambition.
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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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