I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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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People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
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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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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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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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I would sing anywhere they would invite me. That’s how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort.
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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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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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From a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we’re just born.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won’t crumble around me.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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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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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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