I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
SHAKIRAI can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
SHAKIRAYou can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
SHAKIRASongwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
SHAKIRAI think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
SHAKIRAI know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
SHAKIRAI’m a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are – there’s no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don’t see!
SHAKIRAI 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.
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.
SHAKIRAWe’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
SHAKIRAWe need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
SHAKIRAI’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
SHAKIRAAt the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
SHAKIRAI want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
SHAKIRAI 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.
SHAKIRAI 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.
SHAKIRABeing raised in a developing country opened my eyes to so much I cannot tolerate. In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it’s not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
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