Quotes from Shakira

Education affects every major challenge we face in society. It creates economic growth, paves the way for peace and stability and helps erase the legacy of marginalization.

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

I'm barefoot whenever I can be.

For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you're not a small, you're not a large.

In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it's not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.

A man's car is like an extension of their ego and their manhood.

Guys don't like women telling them what to do. It reminds them of their mothers, or something like that.

We have to promote human solidarity, avoid indifference, and play a part with society in the solution of the problem of violence.

I never went to the gym before in my life. But, at 32, I notice that my body responds negatively to bad food, so I must make double the effort.

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.

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

I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.

I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.

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.

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.

I don't think I would want my children to enter into my profession. There's a lot of stress and so much competition. There are easier things you can do with your life.

In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.

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

My music career has been very rewarding, but success never came easily.

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

I just think that it's very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.

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.

I'm double-jointed. I can put my legs over my head, which freaks people out.

My main hope for my children would be that whatever profession or calling they choose in life, that they pursue it with passion.