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.
SHAKIRAEvery day now, I discover something new. Go through phases in which I feel much more in touch with my feminine side in ways I never thought possible. I’m letting the woman inside of me speak, the desires of this woman, speak as loud as they can.
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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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I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.
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We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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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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My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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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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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.
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I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
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All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn’t have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
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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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