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.
SHAKIRAMy dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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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 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.
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Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that’s what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.
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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 thank God that I’m a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I’m grateful that I know where I come from.
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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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All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn’t have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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I’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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