Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region.
SHAKIRAI’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world.
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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 want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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I know what it’s like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.
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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it’s paid off.
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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.
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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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I wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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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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Every day now, I discover something new. Go through phases in which I feel much more in touch with my feminine side in ways I never thought possible. I’m letting the woman inside of me speak, the desires of this woman, speak as loud as they can.
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