President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
SHAKIRAI am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
More Shakira Quotes
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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 not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It’s not easy if those people aren’t as perfectionistic as I am.
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I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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Every day now, I discover something new. Go through phases in which I feel much more in touch with my feminine side in ways I never thought possible. I’m letting the woman inside of me speak, the desires of this woman, speak as loud as they can.
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I was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations.
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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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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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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 just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
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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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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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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 feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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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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