I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
SHAKIRAI feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
More Shakira Quotes
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Elixir’ means magical potion, so I wanted to depict the kind of bottle that was used in ancient times, but that looked modern and chic as well. I also wanted it to have a golden tint to evoke the memories of sands and sunsets.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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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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I’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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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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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.
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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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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 adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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I came to understand that I’m never going to be the perfect mother, but I’m going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life.
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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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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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My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don’t respect you and when they respect you they don’t love you.
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Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
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