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Shakira

I was a real mummy’s girl – still am. And as for my father, well, I have an Oedipus complex I’m still working out. I love that man!
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Compex Country Father Girl Mummy People Person Real
I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.
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Addict Being Earth Felt Fice Most Old Perform Place Stage Wonderful Year
When you feel complete, you don’t need to get married, and you don’t think about it.
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Complete Feel Married Need Think
It’s incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It’s about understanding myself. Sometimes I’ll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It’s become part of my routine.
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Carry Hour Incredibly Liberation Like Someone Sound Spend Talk
The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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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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Country Eighteen Foundation Own People Person Start
I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
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Between Bridge Culture Difference Direct Gap Hope Talk
I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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Change Country Nothing People Person
Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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Conceal Everyone Hard Know Myself Near
We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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Built Country People Person School Student Teach Work
I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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Avid Believer Break Childhood Cycle Development Education Especially Poverty
A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
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Certain Fragrance Good Identity Make People Personality
In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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Brick Build Career Consider Laborer Myself Sun Under
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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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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