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I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.

Shakira

Being raised in a developing country opened my eyes to so much I cannot tolerate. In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it’s not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
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Being Country Develop Much Open People Person Raise Tolerate
My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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Already Bone Country Man Mert Over People Person Prefer Pressure Worry
Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
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Beach Country Day Eat Every Fish People Sunday Think Use
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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Believe Every One Responsibility Single White
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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Country Deserve Enough Love Many Million People Songs Write Written
My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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Dad Nobody Notary Register Steal Use
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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Feel How Moment Reflection Song Think
I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it’s paid off.
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Dad Paid Pretty Probably Right Voice
Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it’s up to us to find solutions today so that we don’t keep passing our problems on.
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Challenge Face Generation Keep Many Paas Past Problem Solution
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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Country Eighteen Foundation Own People Person Start
I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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Country Every Hand People Person Radio Shaken Station
I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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Earn Fight Life Place
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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Around Fall Familiar Love Lucky Myself Otherwise Risk Talk
I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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Know Makeup Without Woman
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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