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.
SHAKIRAMy songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I’m conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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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 feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector.
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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.
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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 was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations.
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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
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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 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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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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