Nevada
(US)
(ANI):
Peace
icon
Mahatma
Gandhi
seems
to
be
acclaimed
recording
artist
Shakira's
favorite.
In
the
official
statement
by
her
on
receiving
medal
of
honor
from
International
Labor
Organization
(ILO)
for
her
work
promoting
social
justice
recently
in
Geneva
(Switzerland),
Shakira,
33,
pointed
out:
Mahatma
Gandhi
said
-
"Be
the
change
you
want
to
see
in
the
world".
"It''s
not
too
late
to
keep
our
promise
to
our
children,
but
we
must
act
now.
Together,
we
can
make
education
and
decent
work
for
all
a
reality",
Shakira
Isabel
Mebarak
Ripoll
added.
Her
website
says:
She
finished
her
acceptance
speech
by
quoting
some
wise
words
from
Gandhi
which
have
become
her
personal
motto:
"Be
the
change
that
you
want
to
see
in
the
world."
Gandhi
was
the
only
world
leader
quoted
in
singer-songwriter-musician-record
producer-dancer-philanthropist
Shakira's
statement,
who
was
born
and
raised
in
Colombia.
Grammy
award
winner
and
Golden
Globe
nominated
Shakira
(Love
in
the
Time
of
Cholera)
has
sold
about
50
million
albums
worldwide.