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.
SHAKIRAMy dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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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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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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I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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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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My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I’m conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
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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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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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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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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
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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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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.
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I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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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 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 like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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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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For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you’re not a small, you’re not a large.
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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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I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.
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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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Every day now, I discover something new. Go through phases in which I feel much more in touch with my feminine side in ways I never thought possible. I’m letting the woman inside of me speak, the desires of this woman, speak as loud as they can.
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All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn’t have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
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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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