People think I like to expose my body. But I don’t. It’s just because the dance moves require it.
SHAKIRABecoming 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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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. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.
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I came to understand that I’m never going to be the perfect mother, but I’m going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life.
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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.
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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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Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
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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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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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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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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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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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I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
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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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