In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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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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 always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
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I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector.
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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 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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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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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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If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I’ve gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.
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I would sing anywhere they would invite me. That’s how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort.
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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 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’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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