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.
SHAKIRAWhen you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.
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I feel like there is a part of me that represents a minority in the U.S., a minority around the world. People who struggle, people who want to succeed with drive and ambition.
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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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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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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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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 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.
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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 have no idea where I want to go musically, but I’m fine that way. I don’t need to be faithful to any concept, you know.
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I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.
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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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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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