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I know what it’s like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.

Shakira

My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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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 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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My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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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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So I like the work he’s doing, and I support it, and I realise that he’s one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
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I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
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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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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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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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Elixir’ means magical potion, so I wanted to depict the kind of bottle that was used in ancient times, but that looked modern and chic as well. I also wanted it to have a golden tint to evoke the memories of sands and sunsets.
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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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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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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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I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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