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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.

Shakira

It’s incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It’s about understanding myself. Sometimes I’ll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It’s become part of my routine.
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Carry Hour Incredibly Liberation Like Someone Sound Spend Talk
I’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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Country Deserve Enough Love Many Million People Songs Write Written
I’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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Close History Love Museum Nerd Study Visit
I love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people were still discovering new worlds.
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Born Era Feel History Love Read Sometimes Wrong
The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you’re always giving interviews.
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Career Choose Frustration Make Music Singer Sure Worst
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 just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.
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I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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Know Makeup Without Woman
I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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Afraid Death Marriage More
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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Been Country Crusade Eighteen Involve People Person Pies Place Since Start
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.
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Beach Country Day Eat Every Fish People Sunday Think Use
I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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Even Know Pencil Skirt Swing Wear
You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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God Hand Song Written
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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Important Infinite Issue Shift Shine Spotlight Taken Towards
I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I’m not capable, I’m too cowardly for that.
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Able Admire Camera Clothes Love Person
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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Heart Prefer Pretty Someone Tell Truth Ugly
My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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Beautiful Believe Body Brain Most Part
Gerard doesn’t tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust.
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Country Couple Discuss Do Everything Imagine Partner People Person
If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.
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Country Fastest Future Growing Mean Population Proven
President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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Champion Childhood Concern Country Development Early Education Person President Strategies
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
It’s not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It’s not easy if those people aren’t as perfectionistic as I am.
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Easy People Perfectionist Recognize Work
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 want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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Able Children Day Intensity Love Parent Same Some Unselfishness Want
The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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Get Go Kitchen Mistake never Out She Woman Worst
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
I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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Eyes Like People See Sing

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