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.
SHAKIRAAnd I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered.
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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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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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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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I wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter.
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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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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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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’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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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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