I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
SHAKIRAFame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.
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My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
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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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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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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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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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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you’re always giving interviews.
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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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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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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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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
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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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