I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
SHAKIRAI 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.
More Shakira Quotes
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I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain’s face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn’t see his face.
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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 feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I’ve been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don’t get a chance to be heard.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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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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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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It’s very difficult to think that you’re with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don’t know them: it turns out that they betray you. It’s painful, but it’s best to turn the page.
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Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that’s what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.
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I didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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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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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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I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world.
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The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you’re always giving interviews.
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