Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
SHAKIRAI know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
More Shakira Quotes
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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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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 want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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I just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
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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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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.
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It’s incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It’s about understanding myself. Sometimes I’ll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It’s become part of my routine.
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you’re not a small, you’re not a large.
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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 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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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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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’m barefoot whenever I can be.
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