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.
SHAKIRAColombia 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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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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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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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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I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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People think I like to expose my body. But I don’t. It’s just because the dance moves require it.
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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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My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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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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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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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.
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