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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.

Shakira

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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Country Eighteen Foundation Own People Person Start
Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it’s up to us to find solutions today so that we don’t keep passing our problems on.
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Challenge Face Generation Keep Many Paas Past Problem Solution
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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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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Become Force Important Make Mom Most Recognize Reprioritize Room Thing
A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
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Certain Fragrance Good Identity Make People Personality
My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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Know Makeup Without Woman
I was a real mummy’s girl – still am. And as for my father, well, I have an Oedipus complex I’m still working out. I love that man!
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Compex Country Father Girl Mummy People Person Real
For 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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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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God Hand Song Written
I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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Chronic Food Love Order Over Restaurant
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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Artist Do Else Intricate Part Person Someone Songwriting Such
Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that’s what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.
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Delight Everything Refer Sense Sensual
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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I just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
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Couple Find Life Marriage Necessary Step
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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Carry Hour Incredibly Liberation Like Someone Sound Spend Talk

At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.

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