I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
SHAKIRAFrom a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we’re just born.
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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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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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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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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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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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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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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.
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We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever.
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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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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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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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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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