Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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 think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.
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I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
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So I like the work he’s doing, and I support it, and I realise that he’s one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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I just think that it’s very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.
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It’s incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It’s about understanding myself. Sometimes I’ll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It’s become part of my routine.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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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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Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it’s up to us to find solutions today so that we don’t keep passing our problems on.
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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.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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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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