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.
SHAKIRAIt’s very difficult to think that you’re with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don’t know them: it turns out that they betray you. It’s painful, but it’s best to turn the page.
More Shakira Quotes
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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 didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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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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If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.
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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 believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world.
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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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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People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
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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 feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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