A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
SHAKIRA
SHAKIRA
More Shakira quotes
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.
ShakiraShakira I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
ShakiraShakira When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
ShakiraShakira For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you’re not a small, you’re not a large.
ShakiraShakira You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
ShakiraShakira It’s incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It’s about understanding myself. Sometimes I’ll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It’s become part of my routine.
ShakiraShakira Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever.
ShakiraShakira 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!
ShakiraShakira I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
ShakiraShakira Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
ShakiraShakira 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.
ShakiraShakira I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
ShakiraShakira 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.
ShakiraShakira 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!
ShakiraShakira I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
ShakiraShakira 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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