Shakira Quotes
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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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.
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National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.
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Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.
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Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.
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The emotions of the game do not change.
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In this business, it's important to constantly do things that you don't know how to do. I love touring and making records, but I've learned how to do that, so sometimes you just have to dive in and try it.
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Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.
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I wake up some mornings hating me too.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.
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It's like a painter with various layers of paint. I start with a drum loop and add keyboards, and then melodies start to take shape. The vocals happen later. I've never really done therapy before, but it's a form of therapy. Everything else falls away.
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What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.
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Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.
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I think a girl looks good when she wakes up with nothing on her face.
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Journalists ask me, 'Why don't you ever talk about sex in your performances?' True, I don't talk about sex – not in my personal life and not in my professional life. This is modesty.
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A veces estoy en un infierno y no me lamento. No encuentro de qué lamentarme.
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I have been very interested in labor movement. If I could have wished another life, I would have loved to be a pioneer woman in the beginning of labor movement.
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I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst to know everything about my profession. I want to learn about cinematography, about editing, about music recordings, about post-production. So when people in the know talk, I willingly listen.
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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.
