Shakira Quotes
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My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my idol, my hero. I wanted to be just like him.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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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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Writing in English was a major challenge. I didn't want other songwriters to write for me. I wanted to preserve the spirit of my songs in Spanish. I am the same Shakira in English as I am in Spanish.
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Life is a soccer field, don't you think?
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We've built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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I've shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest's.
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I don't go out without make up. I'm a woman, you know.
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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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In 2006 I was asked to sing at the World Cup in Germany, and in 2010 I was fortunate enough to be asked again.
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It's not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It's not easy if those people aren't as perfectionistic as I am.
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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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If I can contribute to people having fun, I would feel very fulfilled as an artist.
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If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.
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I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It's an adventure, a dream... I feel like I'm on an anthropological mission.
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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I've gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.
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The truth is that I'm more afraid of marriage than of death.
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I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.
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I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That's my fatal, absurd nature.
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I like to see people's eyes when I'm singing to them.
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You're a song written by the hands of God.
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All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn't have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.