I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
SHAKIRAThe worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you’re always giving interviews.
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I feel like there is a part of me that represents a minority in the U.S., a minority around the world. People who struggle, people who want to succeed with drive and ambition.
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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector.
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I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don’t have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we’re made of.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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I came to understand that I’m never going to be the perfect mother, but I’m going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life.
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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.
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I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
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Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever.
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