The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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.
More Shakira Quotes
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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 was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations.
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I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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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 know what it’s like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.
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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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I wanna stay an eternal girlfriend. I want to have my boyfriend’s children, but I don’t think we need a piece of paper to regulate the game, and we don’t have to go through the whole stress of a wedding and suffering to throw a good party.
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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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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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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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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 didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
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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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A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
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