It’s very difficult to think that you’re with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don’t know them: it turns out that they betray you. It’s painful, but it’s best to turn the page.
SHAKIRAAnd I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered.
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I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I’m fine that way. I don’t need to be faithful to any concept, you know.
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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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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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I’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
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Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
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I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then, I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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I thank God that I’m a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I’m grateful that I know where I come from.
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I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.
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