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.
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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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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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
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I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
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I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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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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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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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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Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that’s what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.
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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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I wanna stay an eternal girlfriend. I want to have my boyfriend’s children, but I don’t think we need a piece of paper to regulate the game, and we don’t have to go through the whole stress of a wedding and suffering to throw a good party.
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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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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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