I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
SHAKIRAI can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
More Shakira Quotes
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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.
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I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
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I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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Being raised in a developing country opened my eyes to so much I cannot tolerate. In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it’s not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
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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!
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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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I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world.
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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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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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I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
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