In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
SHAKIRAI 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.
More Shakira Quotes
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Elixir’ means magical potion, so I wanted to depict the kind of bottle that was used in ancient times, but that looked modern and chic as well. I also wanted it to have a golden tint to evoke the memories of sands and sunsets.
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I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region.
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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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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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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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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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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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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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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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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 I’m on an anthropological mission.
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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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It’s not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It’s not easy if those people aren’t as perfectionistic as I am.
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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 wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter.
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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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Gerard doesn’t tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust.
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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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From a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we’re just born.
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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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