Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
SHAKIRAI remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I’ve gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.
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For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you’re not a small, you’re not a large.
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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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I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
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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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If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.
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I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.
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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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I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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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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My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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