People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
SHAKIRAFor a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you’re not a small, you’re not a large.
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I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
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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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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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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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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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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature.
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Brazil is a country I hold very dearly. I’ve got followers there who I’ve been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pele.
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I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region.
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It’s incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It’s about understanding myself. Sometimes I’ll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It’s become part of my routine.
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Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won’t crumble around me.
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I’m a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are – there’s no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don’t see!
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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