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.
SHAKIRABeing 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.
More Shakira Quotes
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The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you’re always giving interviews.
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I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I’m fine that way. I don’t need to be faithful to any concept, you know.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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Gerard doesn’t tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust.
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My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don’t respect you and when they respect you they don’t love you.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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I wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter.
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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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I wanna stay an eternal girlfriend. I want to have my boyfriend’s children, but I don’t think we need a piece of paper to regulate the game, and we don’t have to go through the whole stress of a wedding and suffering to throw a good party.
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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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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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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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