What happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it’s not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It’s a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It’s a very mental game.
SHAKIRAYou can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don’t respect you and when they respect you they don’t love you.
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Gerard is just like me, but two meters tall. We’re very alike; it’s not for nothing that we were born on the same day, it’s just that he was born 10 years later… he’s a happy guy, healthy here, in the head.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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Being raised in a developing country opened my eyes to so much I cannot tolerate. In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it’s not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
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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.
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I’m barefoot whenever I can be.
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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I’ve been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don’t get a chance to be heard.
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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 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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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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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 wanna stay an eternal girlfriend. I want to have my boyfriend’s children, but I don’t think we need a piece of paper to regulate the game, and we don’t have to go through the whole stress of a wedding and suffering to throw a good party.
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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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And I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered.
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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 am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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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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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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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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I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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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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