Shakira Quotes
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I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
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For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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It's always difficult with the superhero stuff because you're working with characters who have been written by 100 to 200 people over the past 20 years, at least, so they never sound the same or act the same. The best approach is to try to draw the best fitting line through all of the interpretations.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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Clearly, humans will always have a role to play in emergency response for law enforcement. But if there's an emergency, if there's a 911 call, the question is, do you want a human dashing off to respond to it right away?
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I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.
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For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity.
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Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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I think that women find their strength and power in their sexuality, in their sensuality within, through getting older and being secure within that.
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I'm one of those people who says 'Yes' to everything, and in New York, that's a real liability. In the city, I could be playing seven nights a week and not finding the time to finish my own compositions.
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I know that my image and my clothing and my output are very colorful and can be arresting and startling in some respects. That is the nature of my work, but I am a simple farm boy, and I am very calm by nature.
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A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to.
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I've always been interested in what passes for what we call religion, what other cultures call their spiritual life.
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You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
