Shakira Quotes

Even after I got some recognition and success, I still had to work hard and prove myself.

I'm quite proud of my rear... I don't obsess over my flaws, because I see my body as a whole. Besides, I think men appreciate confidence more than perfection.

I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.

We have to demand that governments live up to their promises and make education a reality for every child.

Scars remind me of just how far that I've come.

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.

I have such a respect and fascination for dance. I can be light as air or stay grounded. Dance is really another universe.

After all, by providing early access to medicine, nutrition and stimulation, early childhood development creates lifelong improvements in health, cognitive development, school achievement, and social equality.

I'm someone who has always been very stubborn and strong-willed. I never gave up.

I think it's my energy and love of life that has been the real key to my fame and success.

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.

My little boy (Sasha) is now one-year-old and that makes it easier for me to go back to the studio and work on creating new music.

I just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.

Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover.

The first years of a child's life are too important for a child's future - their development, earnings, behavior, and health - for anyone to ignore.

I was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations.

Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that's what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.

Nationalism is cured by traveling.

I have never had one moment of stage fright and performing has always been a huge thrill and source of enjoyment for me. It's part of my personality.

I grew up in Barranquila, Colombia, and I spent most of my childhood dreaming about becoming a singer.

You have to be very strong and tough-minded if you want to survive.

Education is literally the difference between success and failure, or even life and death for many children.

My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don't respect you and when they respect you they don't love you.

Of course for a Colombian girl it was always impossible to even imagine becoming an international popstar, but my dream became reality.

Walking gets too boring, when you learn how to fly.

There's no better makeup than self-confidence.

They just want to continue playing their little game of power. And I feel that us people have the responsibility and also the obligation to demand to our leaders to give us the pacifist solutions. To give us a world in peace.

If you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.

Our leaders are lacking love, and love is lacking leaders.

Women should feel happy with their bodies and not live with the stigma that comes from not looking like models in fashion magazines.

People think I like to expose my body. But I don't. It's just because the dance moves require it.

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.

A poor child who receives high-quality early childhood development is 40 percent less likely to need special education, twice as likely to attend college and dramatically more likely to survive childhood.

My hope is that every country in Latin America will make a significant commitment to supporting early childhood development programs.

I apply the same amount of dedication to being a mom as I do to my music...

I love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people were still discovering new worlds.

I'm a firm believer that education is the most efficient tool we have to make people aware and make our children aware, and to protect them from the scourge of the century, which is AIDS

You collect impressions from people, from life, from your own daydreams.

In tough economic times, we have to make every dollar count, and studies have shown a return of up to $17 for every dollar invested in early childhood.

Barcelona is a great city and Spain is a great country to live in.

I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.

Obviously, our business leaders yield enormous influence on our political leaders, and they have a duty to use that influence for the greater good. But beyond that, the private sector depends on having healthy, educated and productive workers.

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.

My family endured a big crisis after my father's business went bankrupt and we went from having a comfortable life to having virtually nothing. I saw from that moment how fragile and precarious life can be and you have to work very hard not just to survive but also to accomplish something in life and fulfill your dreams.

I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.

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.

You want to be skinny and have a good body? You have to work out every day and say no to certain foods.

Music has given a voice to many generations, and I think we, as artists, can be a part of creating a better world.