I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
SHAKIRAEveryone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
More Shakira Quotes
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I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I’ve gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.
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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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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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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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A man’s car is like an extension of their ego and their manhood.
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don’t have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we’re made of.
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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’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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I just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.
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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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Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever.
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