I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
SHAKIRAGerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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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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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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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 would sing anywhere they would invite me. That’s how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort.
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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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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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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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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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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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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 now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
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I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
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I wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter.
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