I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
SHAKIRAI now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
More Shakira Quotes
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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’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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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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I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.
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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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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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I’d love to go to that World Cup – I’m not sure in what capacity, but I’ll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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I came to understand that I’m never going to be the perfect mother, but I’m going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life.
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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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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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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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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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