People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
SHAKIRAWe’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain’s face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn’t see his face.
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I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I’m different.
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It’s not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It’s not easy if those people aren’t as perfectionistic as I am.
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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
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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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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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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.
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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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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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When you feel complete, you don’t need to get married, and you don’t think about it.
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My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I’m conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
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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.
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