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.
SHAKIRAI started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
More Shakira Quotes
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A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
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It’s very difficult to think that you’re with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don’t know them: it turns out that they betray you. It’s painful, but it’s best to turn the page.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don’t have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we’re made of.
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I love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people were still discovering new worlds.
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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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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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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 am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.
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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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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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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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