I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
SHAKIRAFame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
More Shakira Quotes
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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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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Gerard doesn’t tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust.
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It’s not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It’s not easy if those people aren’t as perfectionistic as I am.
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I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
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I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
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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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I just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
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If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.
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All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn’t have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
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