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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.

Shakira

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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Addict Being Earth Felt Fice Most Old Perform Place Stage Wonderful Year
Gerard is just like me, but two meters tall. We’re very alike; it’s not for nothing that we were born on the same day, it’s just that he was born 10 years later… he’s a happy guy, healthy here, in the head.
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Country Just Meter People Person Tall
I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
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Always Creative Excellent Grade Knew Poem Recite Story Subject Tremendous Wrote
People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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Country Dress People Same
I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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Chronic Food Love Order Over Restaurant
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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Been Country Crusade Eighteen Involve People Person Pies Place Since Start
I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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Adore Dad Eight Inspiration Man Old Seventy Years
If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I’ve gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.
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Carpet Even Jeans Photograph Red Tshirt Wear
I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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Day First Forget never Remember Saw Smell Spirit Teen Time Video
I’m barefoot whenever I can be.
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Barefoot Be Whenever
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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Beach Country Day Eat Every Fish People Sunday Think Use
Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
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Dose Fame Flavor Happened Little Small Success Taste
When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.
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Baby Feel Love Peace World
We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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Childhood Country Develop Higher Innovative Early Need Program Provide Quality Throughout
You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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Avalanche Come Feel Meet Person Right When
All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn’t have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
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