Shakira Quotes
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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I should have been deliriously happy. I had my dream come true. I'm a best-selling author. So why is everything in my life, including my writing, going bad?
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
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Going to a concert is so overwhelming and the energy is amazing.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.
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The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.
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Obviously I try to make the best music that I can, but after about two years of making an album, you start to worry: 'Is it going to come out all right? Is it all going to sound churned out?'
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I have an obsession with mortality. I saw a friend die when I was 18, and I can't get over it.
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The UK Government is helping the supermarket supply chain respond to CoronaVirus. We’ll allow night-time deliveries to supermarkets and I stand ready to allow drivers’ hours to be safely and temporarily extended, if needed.
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There are so many things calling you toward that computer or TV. You forget, we're a family. We're all supposed to spend time together and talk.
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Nadie entiende que lo has dado todo. Debes dar más.
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I think there are times when you walk onto a set you can potentially be either intimidated or distracted by what's going on around you.
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I like to see people's eyes when I'm singing to them.
