I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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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’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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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 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’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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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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Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
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My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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