I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
SHAKIRAI’m more afraid of marriage than death.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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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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When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.
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I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.
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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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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you’re always giving interviews.
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I just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
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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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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region.
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I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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I just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.
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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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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 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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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.
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I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain’s face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn’t see his face.
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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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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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