I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
SHAKIRAI’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
More Shakira Quotes
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I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain’s face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn’t see his face.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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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’m barefoot whenever I can be.
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Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that’s what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.
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I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.
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What happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it’s not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It’s a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It’s a very mental game.
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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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I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then, I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
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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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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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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.
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I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it’s paid off.
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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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