Best 99 quotes of Shakira on MyQuotes

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.

A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.

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.

As women, we need to embrace our bodies and be confident with who we are.

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

Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry.

Becoming a mother has taught me to simply things and also to appreciate being at home more.

Breastfeeding has been one of the best experiences of my life. I love it! I can't stop! I think I'm going to breastfeed him until he goes to college! I'm hooked!

By giving every child a fair start, we are improving our collective future, including the private sector's ability to find talent in a very competitive global marketplace.

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.

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

Education spurs growth and unlocks potential. After all, a single year of primary education creates a 10 to 20 percent increase in a woman's wages later in life. Education lowers the risk of disease and decreases the likelihood that a child will fall into violence and crime. And a child born to a literate mother is 50 percent more likely to survive past age five. No country has achieved sustained growth without at least 40 percent literacy for its adults.

Europe is a very different place from my native country of Colombia and my children are growing up in a very urban setting which is nothing like when I was growing up and would be able to play barefoot in the street. But we have a very good life.

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

For several years I worried a lot about protecting an image, but today, I have understood that the image cannot be preconceived.

Freddy Demann (Shakira's Manager) is a man that knows the world of music. And I know that I am in good hands.

Half of the world lives on [about] $2 a day. If there is a hungry kid in the world, we shouldn't consider ourselves more evolved than homo habilis.

I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I'm not capable, I'm too cowardly for that.

I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.

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

I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.

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

I believe education is the key. As an activist and a child of the developing world, I witnessed education's power to transform lives.

I can be like a lioness when defending my people.

I can't wait for the time when curves and a little belly fat will be sexy again!

I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 love to shake my hips, my hair, and my boobs. It's all about having fun and sharing your spirit with other people.

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

I'm a perfectionist in recovery. I'm trying to deal with that monster inside of me that wants to do everything right. Or better than right.

I'm happy. I have a man who makes me happy. And a family, which is what I most wanted in life.

I'm not a trained dancer, but I grew up in a culture that revolves around dance.

I'm proud that I've been able to work with other artists to make sure that the smallest voices - the voices of our children - have a chance to be heard. Artists can reach, inspire, and motivate young people and leaders in a powerful way.

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

In 2006 I was asked to sing at the World Cup in Germany, and in 2010 I was fortunate enough to be asked again.

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.

In the full light of day, I don't want to think about the sunset.

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

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.

I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.