I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
SHAKIRAI 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.
More Shakira Quotes
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When you feel complete, you don’t need to get married, and you don’t think about it.
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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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I came to understand that I’m never going to be the perfect mother, but I’m going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life.
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I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
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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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I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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I know what it’s like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.
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I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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I’d love to go to that World Cup – I’m not sure in what capacity, but I’ll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me.
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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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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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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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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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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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