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.
SHAKIRAI always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
More Shakira Quotes
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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So I like the work he’s doing, and I support it, and I realise that he’s one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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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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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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Gerard is just like me, but two meters tall. We’re very alike; it’s not for nothing that we were born on the same day, it’s just that he was born 10 years later… he’s a happy guy, healthy here, in the head.
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I’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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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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I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I’m not capable, I’m too cowardly for that.
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I just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.
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I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.
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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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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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I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
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