I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
SHAKIRAI was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations.
More Shakira Quotes
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I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.
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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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I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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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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My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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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 started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
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I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
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I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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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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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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I was a real mummy’s girl – still am. And as for my father, well, I have an Oedipus complex I’m still working out. I love that man!
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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I didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
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Brazil is a country I hold very dearly. I’ve got followers there who I’ve been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pele.
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Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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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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I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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