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My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
ShakiraShakira I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
ShakiraShakira 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.
ShakiraShakira Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
ShakiraShakira I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
ShakiraShakira I’m barefoot whenever I can be.
ShakiraShakira When we were in the Dark Ages, it was a question of humanity somehow managing to forget about itself. We put God in the centre of society, and people forgot about their own nature and desires. There was a huge deal of repression.
ShakiraShakira At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
ShakiraShakira Elixir’ means magical potion, so I wanted to depict the kind of bottle that was used in ancient times, but that looked modern and chic as well. I also wanted it to have a golden tint to evoke the memories of sands and sunsets.
ShakiraShakira I wanna stay an eternal girlfriend. I want to have my boyfriend’s children, but I don’t think we need a piece of paper to regulate the game, and we don’t have to go through the whole stress of a wedding and suffering to throw a good party.
ShakiraShakira I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
ShakiraShakira I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
ShakiraShakira I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
ShakiraShakira I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
ShakiraShakira I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
ShakiraShakira I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
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I went to the Hall of Fame with my dad. I can’t say I really remember too much about it.
Adam OatesAdam Oates My grandfather is the king, my Dad’s the prince,
Adam PettyAdam Petty My dad is a Deadhead, my mom’s a Jewish-American princess from Jersey.
Adam LambertAdam Lambert My dad was a big car guy. If you wanted to spend time with my dad, he was working on the car.
Adam FerraraAdam Ferrara I spoke to my dad, and he said it took close to 90 dollars to raise me. But that was me and my sister, and my sister moved out when she was 16, so sometimes it can knock you up to triple digits to raise a kid.
Adam CarollaAdam Carolla Those dads that go off to Florida and start a new life, I couldn’t imagine that: seeing my kid once every Christmas, every three years. If I’m gone for six days it feels like too much
Adam CarollaAdam Carolla When you have kids, you instantly feel that you do not want to do them wrong. .
Adam CarollaAdam Carolla I’m an actor, paid to act. I don’t bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
Abhishek BachchanAbhishek Bachchan