I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
SHAKIRAMy videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
More Shakira Quotes
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I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I’m different.
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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
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I feel like there is a part of me that represents a minority in the U.S., a minority around the world. People who struggle, people who want to succeed with drive and ambition.
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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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I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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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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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 started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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When we were in the Dark Ages, it was a question of humanity somehow managing to forget about itself. We put God in the centre of society, and people forgot about their own nature and desires. There was a huge deal of repression.
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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
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