The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you’re always giving interviews.
SHAKIRAI thank God that I’m a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I’m grateful that I know where I come from.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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I just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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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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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 feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I’ve been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don’t get a chance to be heard.
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I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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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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It’s incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It’s about understanding myself. Sometimes I’ll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It’s become part of my routine.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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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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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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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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