My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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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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I’m a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are – there’s no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don’t see!
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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 feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I’m different.
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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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I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it’s paid off.
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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 feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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I would sing anywhere they would invite me. That’s how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort.
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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
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From a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we’re just born.
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I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.
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