Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
SHAKIRAI’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
More Shakira Quotes
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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.
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I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
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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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We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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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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My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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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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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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