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.
SHAKIRAWhen you feel complete, you don’t need to get married, and you don’t think about it.
More Shakira Quotes
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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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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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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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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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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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It’s not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It’s not easy if those people aren’t as perfectionistic as I am.
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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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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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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
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What I do is I remove my makeup every night, use a little bit of Vitamin C serum, and that’s it, pretty much. Of course, I use my 3D White products!
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I wanna stay an eternal girlfriend. I want to have my boyfriend’s children, but I don’t think we need a piece of paper to regulate the game, and we don’t have to go through the whole stress of a wedding and suffering to throw a good party.
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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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I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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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 just think that it’s very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.
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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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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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Gerard is just like me, but two meters tall. We’re very alike; it’s not for nothing that we were born on the same day, it’s just that he was born 10 years later… he’s a happy guy, healthy here, in the head.
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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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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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