Shakira Quotes

In their 20s, women try to be somebody they're not and try to turn themselves into something different. Now I'm in my 30s; I'm very happy with who I am.

Shakira

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomenI AmHappyNowTryTurn

My ex-boyfriend said, 'You have a better chance of getting elected to Congress than getting on the staff of a television show.' Which was the perfect thing for him to say, because my entire career is, 'Well, screw you.' And we broke up.

Jenji Kohan

ChanceBetterYouPerfectCareer

It's possible that there is a guiding intelligence in our universe. I don't see a lot of personal evidence for an interventionist-on-an-individual-basis-deity. I have friends who very much do believe in that. But I don't.

Robert J. Sawyer

IntelligenceBelieveUniverseFriends

In 1984, when 'Nightmare on Elm Street' came out, not only was I twelve and couldn't get into an R movie, but I lived twenty miles from a theater. So my first experience of it was on VHS.

Stephen Graham Jones

ExperienceStreetFirstOutLived

In the 1970s, family history wasn't yet thought of a serious field for study. I was terrified of being laughed at by other historians. I called my book 'The Social Origins of Private Life.' It should have been 'As Pompous as You Want to Be.' Every sentence was academic jargon, and if I said X, I qualified it with Y.

Stephanie Coontz

LifeFamilyHistoryBookThought

Sometimes a loss is the best thing that can happen. It teaches you what you should have done next time.

Snoop Dogg

TimeBestLossYouDoneSometimes

But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence to be sound, we may be excused if we hesitate elsewhere to give it credence.

Simon Greenleaf

RulesHandSoundEvidenceMayOath

I assume everything I'm saying in an email or saying on the telephone is being looked at.

Michael Moore

SayingEverythingTelephoneEmail

If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares in Africa.

Mo Ibrahim

LifeRespectQualityProgressBetter

I'm always working on new projects.

Daya

NewAlwaysWorkingProjects

I have a boyfriend and a dog, and I still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up.

Chelsea Clinton

DogGrowWantGrow UpOutUp

A security cam is one small part of a much larger universe of cams. The much larger effect, socially, politically and economically, is going to come from a much larger trend.

Bruce Sterling

SmallUniverseSecurityGoingTrend

All my journalism, all my books are first person, and it's all memoir. Even when I'm writing about the oil spill in the Gulf, it's all first person there.

Peter Heller

WritingJournalismPersonOilFirst

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