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.
SHAKIRASo 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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And I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered.
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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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I’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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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 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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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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I didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
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If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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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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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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Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that’s what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.
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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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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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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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