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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.

Shakira

When we were in the Dark Ages, it was a question of humanity somehow managing to forget about itself. We put God in the centre of society, and people forgot about their own nature and desires. There was a huge deal of repression.
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Age Dark Humanity Itself Manage Question
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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Chase Football Game Happen Once Physics Realise Side Start Understand
I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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Day First Forget never Remember Saw Smell Spirit Teen Time Video
I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
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Children Convince Education Intelligent Promote Sport
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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Dose Fame Flavor Happened Little Small Success Taste
I’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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Close History Love Museum Nerd Study Visit
Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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Although Country Definitely Much Parent People Person Pretty Responsibility Share
The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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Afraid Death Marriage More Truth
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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Addict Being Earth Felt Fice Most Old Perform Place Stage Wonderful Year
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
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
I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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Businessman Country Dad Descend Only Think Unsuccessful
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
I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
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Career Country Give Musician People Person Seriously Short Show Taken Try
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
Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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Fame Isolate Person

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