Shakira Quotes
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It's incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It's about understanding myself. Sometimes I'll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It's become part of my routine.
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I always believed that women have rights and that there are some women that are intelligent enough to claim those rights. There are some others that are stupid enough not to.
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I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don't have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we're made of.
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Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover.
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Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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I'm double-jointed. I can put my legs over my head, which freaks people out.
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It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water, transparent.
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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry.
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The thing is, my dad's always been more of a bookworm; he was interested in more intellectual pursuits, but nobody can escape the passion that football stirs.
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The relationship I have with my Hispanic fans is very deep and intricate.
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I'm barefoot whenever I can be.
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I just don't find marriage a necessary step in a couple's life.
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Gerard doesn't tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust.
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I feel like there is a part of me that represents a minority in the U.S., a minority around the world. People who struggle, people who want to succeed with drive and ambition.
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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I've written many love songs for Gerard. But it's never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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With pregnancy and nursing, the hormones mean your skin tends to be more sensitive to the light, so it's very important to use sun block every day.
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It's very difficult to think that you're with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don't know them: it turns out that they betray you. It's painful, but it's best to turn the page.
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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He's a champion on early-childhood development strategies. So I like the work he's doing, and I support it, and I realise that he's one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
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What happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it's not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It's a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It's a very mental game.
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I have two kids, a career, and a man that takes a lot of my attention and time.