Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
SHAKIRAI’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.
More Shakira Quotes
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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don’t have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we’re made of.
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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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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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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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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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We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it’s paid off.
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I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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