Shakira Quotes

I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world. Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it's up to us to find solutions today so that we don't keep passing our problems on.

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• The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • May
  • Strong
  • Church

• To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more red?'

  

  Larry Ellison
  • Model
  • Yourself
  • Red

• I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.

  

  Barbara Sukowa
  • Times
  • Many
  • Performed

• Today there are paparazzi out, I'm doing a day of press, I'm in a hotel, I've just been on Radio 1. But when I'm in my day-to-day life people don't know who I am and I'm left to my own devices.

  

  Ed Westwick
  • People
  • Life
  • Today

• I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.

  

  Tayari Jones
  • Good
  • Work
  • May

• I don't like to define my music. To me, music is pure emotion. It's language that can communicate certain emotions and the rhythms cuts across genders, cultures and nationalities. All you need to do is close your eyes and feel those emotions.

  

  Yiannis Chryssomallis
  • Music
  • Eyes
  • Language

• Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.

  

  Sam Wyly
  • Years
  • Order
  • Stock

• The fact is that in too many communities in cities in Britain gangs now have become completely rooted into these communities and they destroy them around them.

  

  Iain Duncan Smith
  • Now
  • Destroy
  • Become

• I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Racism

• I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.

  

  Laura Bell Bundy
  • Lost
  • Myself
  • Like

• I'd love to do movies and be on TV. But I think if I transitioned into TV/film completely, I would really miss singing and dancing. It would be ideal to be cast in a movie musical!

  

  Laura Osnes
  • Movie
  • Singing
  • Dancing

• I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.

  

  Carl Paladino
  • Believe
  • American
  • Dream

• Unfortunately we - and I'm speaking not for Latin America but for Mexico because that's where I come from - we still, I think, are a little bit macho. Not that we only live in a macho world, but we also think as a macho world; even the women, you know? The women in Mexico, because that's the way we were raised.

  

  Kate del Castillo
  • World
  • Women
  • Live

• I'm not hiding anything. What you see is what you get.

  

  Wayne Rogers
  • You
  • See
  • Hiding

• We wanted to guide the musicians, so we could create our own sound. We would never let the band just go in and play the chord sheets. We were very focused on what we had in mind for these productions.

  

  Lamont Dozier
  • Mind
  • Band
  • Sound

• I've been around a long time, so I guess I've touched a lot of people's lives - hopefully for the better.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• When you have a bunch of comfortable upholstered pieces, a single bronze or brass chair really turns the energy up.

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Up
  • Energy
  • Single

• In terms of 'Solaris,' I didn't really think about the religious aspect an awful lot. There's one scene at a dinner party, and it's discussed, but it wasn't an overwhelming theme for me.

  

  Natascha McElhone
  • Think
  • Party
  • Religious

• In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?

  

  Charles de Gaulle
  • Men
  • History
  • Friend

• There are a few countries that, for whatever reason, really enjoy listening to my music.

  

  Kenneth Bruce Gorelick
  • Music
  • Listening

• I definitely love Australia. I've been to Sydney and Melbourne a couple of times, and I love those places.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Couple
  • Places
  • Australia

• Misery's fine - as long as you know you can get out of it when you want to.

  

  Arthur Adamov
  • Long

• To have 'It', the fortunate possessor must have that strange magnetism which attracts both sexes. He or she must be entirely unselfconscious and full of self-confidence, indifferent to the effect he or she is producing, and uninfluenced by others. There must be physical attraction, but beauty is unnecessary.

  

  Elinor Glyn
  • She
  • Confidence

• I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world. Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it's up to us to find solutions today so that we don't keep passing our problems on.

  

  Shakira
  • Up
  • World
  • Believe