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I enjoy taking part in footballing events that are for social causes because, in my view, inspiring children through sport is a way of keeping their bodies and minds healthy as well as helping nurture their intelligence and ability to relate with others.
- Shakira
#Children
#Enjoy
#Intelligence
#View
#Way
I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
- Shakira
#Car
#Life
#Nice
#Rest
#Ride
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.
- Shakira
#Know
#Me
#Rest
#Sad
#Sometimes
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.
- Shakira
#Football
#Game
#Intelligence
#Start
A man's car is like an extension of their ego and their manhood.
- Shakira
#Car
#Ego
#Extension
#Like
#Man
My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
- Shakira
#Beautiful
#Body
#Brain
#Most Beautiful
I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
- Shakira
#Dad
#Only
#Think
#Unsuccessful
#Who
Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
- Shakira
#Birthday
#Me
#Meetings
#Music
#Success
You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
- Shakira
#Feel
#Meet
#Person
#Right Person
#Right
I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries. I am an avid believer that education - and especially early childhood development - is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
- Shakira
#Childhood
#Education
#Foundation
#I Am
In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it's not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
- Shakira
#Education
#Human
#Many
#Right
#Sometimes
The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos. I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then, I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
- Shakira
#Alas
#Born
#Doing
#Education
#Foundation
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.
- Shakira
#Accomplish
#Dreams
#I Am
#Nature
#Person
I'm more afraid of marriage than death.
- Shakira
#Afraid
#Death
#Marriage
#More
#Than
I adore my dad. He's a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
- Shakira
#Adore
#Dad
#He
#Inspiration
#Man
I know what it's like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.
- Shakira
#Appreciation
#Confidence
#Fear
#Yourself
I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.
- Shakira
#Feelings
#Fragrance
#Imagery
#Thoughts
Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry.
- Shakira
#Because
#Cry
#Out
#Reasons
#Running
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.
- Shakira
#Bridge
#Differences
#Feel
#Hope
#Mission
I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world. Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it's up to us to find solutions today so that we don't keep passing our problems on.
- Shakira
#Challenges
#Responsibility
#Today
#World
I'm barefoot whenever I can be.
- Shakira
#Barefoot
#I Can
#Whenever
I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
- Shakira
#Heart
#Lie
#Me
#Truth
#Ugly
I'm a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are - there's no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don't see!
- Shakira
#Black And White
#Black
#Grey
#See
#White
#Women
You're a song written by the hands of God.
- Shakira
#God
#Hands
#Song
#Written
#You
In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
- Shakira
#Earn
#Fight
#Life
#Place
#Your
I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy. And I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered.
- Shakira
#Control
#Sensual
#Sexy
#Way
#Woman
You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
- Shakira
#Achieve
#Anything
#Life
#Sacrifice
#You
I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I've been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don't get a chance to be heard.
- Shakira
#Chance
#Duty
#Fame
#Feel
#Voice
I wanna stay an eternal girlfriend. I want to have my boyfriend's children, but I don't think we need a piece of paper to regulate the game, and we don't have to go through the whole stress of a wedding and suffering to throw a good party.
- Shakira
#Children
#Game
#Good
#Suffering
#Wedding
I remember the first time I saw the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video. I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain's face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn't see his face. When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
- Shakira
#Cute
#Day
#Face
#Teen
#Time
Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I'm definitely the disciplinarian.
- Shakira
#Although
#Much
#Parenting
#Pretty
#Share
Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won't crumble around me.
- Shakira
#I Can
#Important
#Me
#Mom
#World
I thank God that I'm a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I'm grateful that I know where I come from.
- Shakira
#God
#Intelligence
#Knowledge
#Life
#Love
A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
- Shakira
#Fragrance
#Good
#People
#Personality
I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn't like my voice. I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it's paid off.
- Shakira
#Dad
#Keep Going
#Music
#Sad
#Teacher
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