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.
SHAKIRAI didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
More Shakira Quotes
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I’m fine that way. I don’t need to be faithful to any concept, you know.
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I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
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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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My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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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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For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you’re not a small, you’re not a large.
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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Being raised in a developing country opened my eyes to so much I cannot tolerate. In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it’s not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
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When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.
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