I’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
SHAKIRAI think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don’t respect you and when they respect you they don’t love you.
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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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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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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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When you feel complete, you don’t need to get married, and you don’t think about it.
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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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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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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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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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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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Gerard doesn’t tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust.
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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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I thank God that I’m a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I’m grateful that I know where I come from.
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If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I’ve gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.
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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 was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.
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I just think that it’s very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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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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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.
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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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