I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
SHAKIRAI feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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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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People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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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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I thank God that I’m a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I’m grateful that I know where I come from.
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Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector.
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We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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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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I didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
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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 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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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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