I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
SHAKIRAGerard 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.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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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 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 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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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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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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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 do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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From a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we’re just born.
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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region.
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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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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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