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.
SHAKIRAI 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.
More Shakira Quotes
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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’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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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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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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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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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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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 love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I’ve been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don’t get a chance to be heard.
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People think I like to expose my body. But I don’t. It’s just because the dance moves require it.
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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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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
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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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