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.
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 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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I’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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I’d love to go to that World Cup – I’m not sure in what capacity, but I’ll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me.
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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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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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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.
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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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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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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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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.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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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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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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