Shakira Quotes
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I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that.
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I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.
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Today, our economy is about an economy of ideas.
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The 1950s would be my ideal decade because I'm actually very traditional; I enjoy being at home, and I'm a complete nester.
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As far as female vocalists, I love Heart, Joan Jett, Courtney Love, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, Barbra Streisand - or going back to when I was a child, Aileen Quinn, the original Annie.
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It's been tough for me being away from the game.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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I believe that leaders should inspire you to be more like them.
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I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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Leather accents on pieces make it fun and spices up an outfit.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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I tend to stay away from the comics.
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If your partner is consistently unhappy, it won't matter if they're incredibly sexy, wildly funny, impressively successful, adorably charismatic - your relationship will be weighed down under the heaviness of their moods.
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The important thing is to write when your brain is at its best. Work edits or do outside reading with the rest of the day.
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I'm usually an excruciatingly happy person.
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Lunchtime and recess, that was a big part for me growing up. I think it's important for kids to have that.
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I feel like I've always been doubted or slighted. Let's be honest. When you're a walk-on, you don't start for a No. 1 team, a national championship contender. You just don't. A walk-on is a guy who plays scout team, who's just happy to be on the team.
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Every bit of theorizing I’ve ever done, including my interest in Berg, has come as a consequence of discoveries I made as a composer and interests that I developed as a composer. I never thought of my theory as being a kind of irrelevant activity to my composing.
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I would love to have eight or nine kids with Gerard - my own futbol team.
