We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
SHAKIRAEveryone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
More Shakira Quotes
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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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I 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.
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I love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people were still discovering new worlds.
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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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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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My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I’m conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
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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 now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
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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.
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And I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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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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