I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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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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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I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I’m different.
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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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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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I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I’m not capable, I’m too cowardly for that.
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I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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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 like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature.
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My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
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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 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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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 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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