I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I’m different.
SHAKIRAMy body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
More Shakira Quotes
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I was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations.
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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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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’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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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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Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
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I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
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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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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.
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Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region.
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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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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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