I thank God that I’m a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I’m grateful that I know where I come from.
SHAKIRABrazil is a country I hold very dearly. I’ve got followers there who I’ve been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pele.
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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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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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So I like the work he’s doing, and I support it, and I realise that he’s one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
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I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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It’s very difficult to think that you’re with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don’t know them: it turns out that they betray you. It’s painful, but it’s best to turn the page.
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I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don’t have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we’re made of.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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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 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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A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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