Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
SHAKIRAI started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
More Shakira Quotes
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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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 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 didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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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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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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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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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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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 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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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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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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I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
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