I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
SHAKIRAI am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.
More Shakira Quotes
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If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I’ve gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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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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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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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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We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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Brazil is a country I hold very dearly. I’ve got followers there who I’ve been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pele.
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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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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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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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