Shakira Quotes

I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I'm fine that way. I don't need to be faithful to any concept, you know.

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• Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens.

  

  Felipe VI of Spain
  • Life
  • Good
  • Today

• People that watch Adult Swim don't watch the Oscars.

  

  T-Pain
  • People
  • Watch
  • Swim

• The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.

  

  Ed Asner
  • May
  • Character
  • Truth

• When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Failure
  • Courage
  • Obstacles

• I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.

  

  Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.
  • Couple
  • Doing
  • Him

• Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.

  

  S. E. Hinton
  • Good
  • Work
  • Influence

• I had no style when I was 17! I look at teenagers now and say, 'I wish I'd looked like them when I was that age.' I had no style whatsoever, but style also wasn't as prominent as it is today. I was just very laid back, usually wearing jeans and tank tops and flip flops.

  

  Candace Cameron Bure
  • Age
  • Today
  • Wish

• You can crush any woman by suggesting that she's fat, not even saying the word 'fat' but just suggesting she's fat.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Woman
  • Crush
  • Fat

• No. I mean those people really did something for designers I don't think department stores can, could or should do still today. Today the world is different so you have to make it differently. There's TV. There's a lot of things.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • People
  • World
  • Different

• I moved out to Los Angeles a fan of many people, and meeting people I put on a pedestal that just disappointed me. Without fans, this business would not exist, so I try and say that we're all on the same level.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • People
  • Business
  • Same

• When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions.

  

  Nawal El Saadawi
  • Women
  • Power
  • Religious

• I get a lot of people that say, 'You know what, I heard that you're a painter, and I thought, 'Oh, another model who is saying she's an artist.' They assumed it was going to be a few splashes on a canvas.

  

  Tali Lennox
  • People
  • She
  • Thought

• That's what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you everything in plain sight.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Good
  • Crime
  • Sight

• My parents are supportive of anything I want to do, as long as it's not bad.

  

  Zoey Deutch
  • Long
  • Bad
  • Want

• I have good stamina and good endurance.

  

  J. R. Martinez
  • Good
  • Endurance
  • Stamina

• VH1 Classic is the destination for people who would be interested in a music talk show.

  

  Eddie Trunk
  • People
  • Music
  • Destination

• Young people in Israel are encouraged to design, produce and sell their products from high school. Technical universities also matter. Teach and introduce entrepreneurship courses in technical universities.

  

  Dan Shechtman
  • People
  • School
  • High

• When you get out there on the mound, you've got what you've got, and you got to figure out a way to get outs.

  

  Jacob deGrom
  • Way
  • You
  • Got

• As a kid, I loved the whimsical Superman and Batman stuff, and as a teenager, Marvel was more angsty, and that appealed to me. Marvel dealt with more stuff I could relate to as a teenager.

  

  Jim Lee
  • Teenager
  • Batman
  • Superman

• If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.

  

  Joseph Addison
  • Believe
  • Heart
  • May

• Money definitely does not equal success in recording.

  

  Mat Kearney
  • Money
  • Success

• Every song that I play I wrote by myself.

  

  Noel Gallagher Oasis
  • Song
  • Play
  • Wrote

• It was all a back-handed blessing, and my friends were the ones who kept the faith, read my work, and urged me to submit it to publishers (by sending it out for me - they would not hear no for an answer.

  

  Leslie Banks
  • Work
  • Friends
  • Faith

• I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I'm fine that way. I don't need to be faithful to any concept, you know.

  

  Shakira