It’s not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It’s not easy if those people aren’t as perfectionistic as I am.
SHAKIRAPeople think I like to expose my body. But I don’t. It’s just because the dance moves require it.
More Shakira Quotes
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Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector.
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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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I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.
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It’s very difficult to think that you’re with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don’t know them: it turns out that they betray you. It’s painful, but it’s best to turn the page.
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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
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I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
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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 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 think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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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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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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Gerard doesn’t tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust.
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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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