I came to understand that I’m never going to be the perfect mother, but I’m going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life.
SHAKIRAIn this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
More Shakira Quotes
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I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don’t have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we’re made of.
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I just think that it’s very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.
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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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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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I know what it’s like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.
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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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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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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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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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It’s very difficult to think that you’re with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don’t know them: it turns out that they betray you. It’s painful, but it’s best to turn the page.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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I would sing anywhere they would invite me. That’s how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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