So I like the work he’s doing, and I support it, and I realise that he’s one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
SHAKIRAPresident Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature.
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People think I like to expose my body. But I don’t. It’s just because the dance moves require it.
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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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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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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.
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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Brazil is a country I hold very dearly. I’ve got followers there who I’ve been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pele.
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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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What I do is I remove my makeup every night, use a little bit of Vitamin C serum, and that’s it, pretty much. Of course, I use my 3D White products!
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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I feel like there is a part of me that represents a minority in the U.S., a minority around the world. People who struggle, people who want to succeed with drive and ambition.
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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
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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 like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I’m conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
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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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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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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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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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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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