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.
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 do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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Becoming 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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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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From 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 love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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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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I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I’m different.
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I love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people were still discovering new worlds.
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My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I’m conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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I’m a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are – there’s no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don’t see!
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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 know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector.
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I just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
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I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
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I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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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 like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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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 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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