We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
SHAKIRAPresident Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
More Shakira Quotes
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What happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it’s not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It’s a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It’s a very mental game.
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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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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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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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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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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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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 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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I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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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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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’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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I didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
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I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
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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.
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