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.
SHAKIRAIn this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
More Shakira Quotes
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Elixir’ means magical potion, so I wanted to depict the kind of bottle that was used in ancient times, but that looked modern and chic as well. I also wanted it to have a golden tint to evoke the memories of sands and sunsets.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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When we were in the Dark Ages, it was a question of humanity somehow managing to forget about itself. We put God in the centre of society, and people forgot about their own nature and desires. There was a huge deal of repression.
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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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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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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 like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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Gerard doesn’t tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust.
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I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
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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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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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