Shakira Quotes
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The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you're always giving interviews.
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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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The relationship I have with my Hispanic fans is very deep and intricate.
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I just don't find marriage a necessary step in a couple's life.
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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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I didn't expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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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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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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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 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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I have two kids, a career, and a man that takes a lot of my attention and time.
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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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I'm barefoot whenever I can be.
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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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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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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry.
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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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Relationships have to have a give and take if they're going to work in the long term.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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The music industry is dominated by guys. I work with men 98 percent of the time - producers, arrangers, musicians, engineers.
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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.