I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
SHAKIRAI did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
More Shakira Quotes
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I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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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 always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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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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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 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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I 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.
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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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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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I’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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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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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 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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