Shakira Quotes
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to do.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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I think a lot of people are with the one they're meant to be with. I see it watching my parents because they've been together for so long and are still very much in love. I'm just sort of in awe of that.
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It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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Jagdish Singh was my basic coach, and he trained me from my very early days in boxing, teaching me the fundamentals of the sport. He was the one who shaped me into a boxer, disciplined me when I required disciplining.
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, California.
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Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. Far the greatest things grow by God's law out of the smallest. But to live your life, you must discipline it.
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I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean.
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The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for.
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A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
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For my father, being kind was natural... I have to really work at it. I love competing and winning, conquest - not words you usually associate with kindness.
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I was raised in a very humble environment, and I was always taught to be humble to the things that are happening in my life because they're blessings. They're blessings in every way. Whether you're able to help someone get through a tough time in their life through your music or through comedy, or whatever it is, you're just a channel.
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If I can contribute to people having fun, I would feel very fulfilled as an artist.
