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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.
ShakiraShakira I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I’m fine that way. I don’t need to be faithful to any concept, you know.
ShakiraShakira I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
ShakiraShakira Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
ShakiraShakira I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.
ShakiraShakira I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
ShakiraShakira When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
ShakiraShakira 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.
ShakiraShakira You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
ShakiraShakira 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.
ShakiraShakira Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever.
ShakiraShakira I was a real mummy’s girl – still am. And as for my father, well, I have an Oedipus complex I’m still working out. I love that man!
ShakiraShakira I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
ShakiraShakira Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
ShakiraShakira I’d love to go to that World Cup – I’m not sure in what capacity, but I’ll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me.
ShakiraShakira I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
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Maria CallasMaria Callas The way you begin each day defines how you’ll live each day.
Robin SharmaRobin Sharma Playing the game for money produces the proper professional attitude. It inculcates the lunch-pail state of mind that shows up for work despite rain or snow or dark of night and slugs it out day after day.
Steven PressfieldSteven Pressfield With each daydream she weaved her pastel heart into the sky.
Marie-Kristin HofmannMarie-Kristin Hofmann There are people who have let the problems of today lead them to conclude that for them life is not the way.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder It took a lot of time and constant feedback to realize what wasn’t working in my life, and it will be an ongoing journey until the day I die.
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