I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world.
SHAKIRAI never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
More Shakira Quotes
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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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I’m a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are – there’s no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don’t see!
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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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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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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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 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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My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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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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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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