When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.
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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We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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Brazil 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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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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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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If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I’ve gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.
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I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it’s paid off.
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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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I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I’ve been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don’t get a chance to be heard.
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My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
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For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you’re not a small, you’re not a large.
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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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I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
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I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain’s face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn’t see his face.
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I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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Being raised in a developing country opened my eyes to so much I cannot tolerate. In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it’s not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
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I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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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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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it’s up to us to find solutions today so that we don’t keep passing our problems on.
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Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
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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 think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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