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.
SHAKIRASuccess happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
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I’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
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I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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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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What happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it’s not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It’s a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It’s a very mental game.
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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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I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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From a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we’re just born.
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I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
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I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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