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.
SHAKIRAPeople are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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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 don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever.
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I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
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It’s very difficult to think that you’re with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don’t know them: it turns out that they betray you. It’s painful, but it’s best to turn the page.
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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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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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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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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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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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I’d love to go to that World Cup – I’m not sure in what capacity, but I’ll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me.
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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