A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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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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 just think that it’s very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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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 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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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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It’s incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It’s about understanding myself. Sometimes I’ll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It’s become part of my routine.
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Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region.
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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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I wanna stay an eternal girlfriend. I want to have my boyfriend’s children, but I don’t think we need a piece of paper to regulate the game, and we don’t have to go through the whole stress of a wedding and suffering to throw a good party.
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We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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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 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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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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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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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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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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Gerard is just like me, but two meters tall. We’re very alike; it’s not for nothing that we were born on the same day, it’s just that he was born 10 years later… he’s a happy guy, healthy here, in the head.
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People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
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All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn’t have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
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I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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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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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.
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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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