I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
SHAKIRASongwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
More Shakira Quotes
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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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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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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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Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
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When we were in the Dark Ages, it was a question of humanity somehow managing to forget about itself. We put God in the centre of society, and people forgot about their own nature and desires. There was a huge deal of repression.
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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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I’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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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 love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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I’d love to go to that World Cup – I’m not sure in what capacity, but I’ll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me.
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Elixir’ means magical potion, so I wanted to depict the kind of bottle that was used in ancient times, but that looked modern and chic as well. I also wanted it to have a golden tint to evoke the memories of sands and sunsets.
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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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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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I wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter.
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