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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.

Shakira

I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
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Career Country Give Musician People Person Seriously Short Show Taken Try
People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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Country Dress People Same
I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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Develop Experience Love Over Something Think Time Work
You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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Avalanche Come Feel Meet Person Right When
At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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Age Could Discover Eight Song Write
I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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Eyes Like People See Sing
I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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Chronic Food Love Order Over Restaurant
Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
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Artist Do Else Intricate Part Person Someone Songwriting Such
The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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Afraid Death Marriage More Truth
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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Become Force Important Make Mom Most Recognize Reprioritize Room Thing
Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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Field Life Soccer Think
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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All More Prefer Spend Think Thought Time Twenties What Worry
I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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Country Every Hand People Person Radio Shaken Station
In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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Earn Fight Life Place
I was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations.
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Cloth Company Country Dispute Know never Produce Support Unaware Wear Would
I would sing anywhere they would invite me. That’s how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort.
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Anything First Invite Made Person Sing

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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