Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
SHAKIRAI think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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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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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that’s what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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From a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we’re just born.
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I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
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I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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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 feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I’m different.
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I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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