When we were in the Dark Ages, it was a question of humanity somehow managing to forget about itself. We put God in the centre of society, and people forgot about their own nature and desires. There was a huge deal of repression.
SHAKIRAI 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.
More Shakira Quotes
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A man’s car is like an extension of their ego and their manhood.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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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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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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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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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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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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All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn’t have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
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I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature.
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I know what it’s like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.
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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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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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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’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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I’m barefoot whenever I can be.
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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 think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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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’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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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 tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
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I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
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