I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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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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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So I like the work he’s doing, and I support it, and I realise that he’s one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
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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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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I’m not capable, I’m too cowardly for that.
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Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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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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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world.
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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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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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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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