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.
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 adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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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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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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Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
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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 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. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.
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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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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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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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Being raised in a developing country opened my eyes to so much I cannot tolerate. In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it’s not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
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I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
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