I feel like there is a part of me that represents a minority in the U.S., a minority around the world. People who struggle, people who want to succeed with drive and ambition.
SHAKIRAPeople get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
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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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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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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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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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I just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.
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I came to understand that I’m never going to be the perfect mother, but I’m going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life.
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From a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we’re just born.
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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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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 now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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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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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 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 adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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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 do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don’t have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we’re made of.
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I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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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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What happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it’s not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It’s a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It’s a very mental game.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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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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