If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.
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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I’m barefoot whenever I can be.
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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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So I like the work he’s doing, and I support it, and I realise that he’s one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
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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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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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Being raised in a developing country opened my eyes to so much I cannot tolerate. In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it’s not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
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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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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don’t respect you and when they respect you they don’t love you.
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When you feel complete, you don’t need to get married, and you don’t think about it.
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I’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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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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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’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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