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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.

Shakira

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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I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it’s paid off.
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Dad Paid Pretty Probably Right Voice
My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don’t respect you and when they respect you they don’t love you.
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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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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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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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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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Conceal Everyone Hard Know Myself Near
If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I’ve gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.
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Carpet Even Jeans Photograph Red Tshirt Wear
I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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Anthropological Feel Like Mission
We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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Built Country People Person School Student Teach Work
Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
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I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
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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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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won’t crumble around me.
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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.

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