My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I’m conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
SHAKIRAMy songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I’m conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
SHAKIRAA kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
SHAKIRAYou feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
SHAKIRABecause of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
SHAKIRAWhat happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it’s not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It’s a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It’s a very mental game.
SHAKIRAI think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
SHAKIRAI’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
SHAKIRAI think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
SHAKIRAI like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
SHAKIRAI do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don’t have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we’re made of.
SHAKIRALife is a soccer field, don’t you think?
SHAKIRAFrom a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we’re just born.
SHAKIRAI just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
SHAKIRAEvery day now, I discover something new. Go through phases in which I feel much more in touch with my feminine side in ways I never thought possible. I’m letting the woman inside of me speak, the desires of this woman, speak as loud as they can.
SHAKIRAIn this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
SHAKIRAI am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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