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.
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 just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
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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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I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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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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Gerard is just like me, but two meters tall. We’re very alike; it’s not for nothing that we were born on the same day, it’s just that he was born 10 years later… he’s a happy guy, healthy here, in the head.
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I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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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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The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you’re always giving interviews.
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I’m a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are – there’s no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don’t see!
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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 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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I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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