President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
SHAKIRAI feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
More Shakira Quotes
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I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.
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People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
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I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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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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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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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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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.
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I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then, I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
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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 feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I’m different.
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It’s not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It’s not easy if those people aren’t as perfectionistic as I am.
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Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
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I’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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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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Elixir’ means magical potion, so I wanted to depict the kind of bottle that was used in ancient times, but that looked modern and chic as well. I also wanted it to have a golden tint to evoke the memories of sands and sunsets.
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Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won’t crumble around me.
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I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.
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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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