I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
SHAKIRAMy brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
More Shakira Quotes
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Every 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.
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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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I just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
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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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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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I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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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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I love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people were still discovering new worlds.
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It’s very difficult to think that you’re with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don’t know them: it turns out that they betray you. It’s painful, but it’s best to turn the page.
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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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I would sing anywhere they would invite me. That’s how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it’s paid off.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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