A man’s car is like an extension of their ego and their manhood.
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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My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
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I’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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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.
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I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
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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 started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
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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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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 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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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 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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When you feel complete, you don’t need to get married, and you don’t think about it.
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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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