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.
SHAKIRAThe truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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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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My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I’m conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
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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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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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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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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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I was a real mummy’s girl – still am. And as for my father, well, I have an Oedipus complex I’m still working out. I love that man!
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
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I 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.
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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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