Shakira Quotes

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.

Shakira

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: February 2, 1977

Topics

HeroMeWriteInspirationHimSee

Snow isn't just pretty. It also cleanses our world and our senses, not just of the soot and grime of a Fife mining town but also of a kind of weary familiarity, a taken-for-granted quality to which our eyes are all too susceptible.

John Burnside

SnowEyesQualityWorldKindPretty

I like to play golf. I like to cut my own grass.

John Boehner

GolfPlayGrassMy OwnOwnCut

We founded thatgamecompany to push the boundary of video games as an interactive medium.

Jenova Chen

Video GamesPushGamesInteractive

Sitting there clapping and smiling... it's difficult. You're like, 'Don't worry about it, you just double faulted, you just played a really dumb point. Keep positive.' Then more clapping. That would annoy me as a player.

John McEnroe

PositiveMeWorrySmilingYouDumb

My son is the main shareholder of my company, and I help him explore some of those opportunities that are related to things I know about, such as energy and the environment. But I'm active because I can't think of anything else to do in my so-called retirement.

Maurice Strong

SonEnergyOpportunitiesThinkHelp

No one can truly be prepared for such devastation and pure malevolence, but the United Kingdom can always look to the United States as an ally resolved to stand firm in the war on terrorism.

Michael C. Burgess

WarStandLookBe PreparedTerrorism

I have two pairs of reading glasses. One pair is for reading fiction, the other for non-fiction. I've read the Bible twice wearing each pair, and it's the same.

Steven Wright

GlassesBibleReadingSameFiction

Complaining is an insult to God.

Monica Johnson

GodComplainingInsult

I will never be good at the oboe. No matter what happens, I will never be good at it because I just don't have that much time on my hands. I don't have the gift of going back to being a child and having my brain develop around this instrument.

Lola Kirke

GoodTimeChildBrainGiftHands

A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.

Diogenes

FriendSoulTwoBodies

Economic theory dictates that the value of a company is basically the present value of its future profits. To estimate Facebook's value through its future profits, we need to have a view on its user growth and how this will evolve in the next 10 to 50 years.

Didier Sornette

GrowthFutureValuePresentView

I'm just a regular dude from New Jersey. If Boxed is successful, and you take 90% of my money away, I'll still be all right.

Chieh Huang

MoneyYouNewRightSuccessfulTake

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