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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.

Shakira

Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever.
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Always Create Definitely Especially Felt Music Today Video Vital
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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Charity Continuation Country Do Foundation Pei Start
People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
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Every Get Jade People Profession Reason Some
I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
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Always Creative Excellent Grade Knew Poem Recite Story Subject Tremendous Wrote
I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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Afraid Death Marriage More
I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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Anthropological Feel Like Mission
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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Dimmishing Empower Empowering Fell Sensual Think Touch Tremendously Women
I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.
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Accomplish Dream May One Person Soon
I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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Existence God Love Prove Provide Think Through
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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Being Country Develop Much Open People Person Raise Tolerate
A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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Empty Kid Learn Stomach
I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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Know Makeup Without Woman
I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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Brick Build Career Consider Laborer Myself Sun Under
I’m a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are – there’s no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don’t see!
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Face Multi Person Woman
I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I’ve been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don’t get a chance to be heard.
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Duty Platform Real Sense Voice
I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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Even Know Pencil Skirt Swing Wear
People think I like to expose my body. But I don’t. It’s just because the dance moves require it.
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Body Dance Expose Move People Require Think
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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Compex Country Father Girl Mummy People Person Real
My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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Behave Certain Feel Pressure Taught Therapist Way
I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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Avid Believer Break Childhood Cycle Development Education Especially Poverty
When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.
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Baby Feel Love Peace World
You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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Avalanche Come Feel Meet Person Right When
I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.
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Evoke Feeling Fragrance Imagery Sensation Think Thought Vision
I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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Chronic Food Love Order Over Restaurant
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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Actual Childhood Development Leader Political Strategies Support
My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I’m conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
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Feel How Moment Reflection Song Think
A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
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Certain Fragrance Good Identity Make People Personality

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