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.
SHAKIRAPeople think I like to expose my body. But I don’t. It’s just because the dance moves require it.
More Shakira Quotes
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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 remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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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’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
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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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Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever.
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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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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
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I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
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I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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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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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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