I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
SHAKIRAWe’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
More Shakira Quotes
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I feel like there is a part of me that represents a minority in the U.S., a minority around the world. People who struggle, people who want to succeed with drive and ambition.
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I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
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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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When you feel complete, you don’t need to get married, and you don’t think about it.
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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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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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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I know what it’s like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.
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