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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.

Shakira

A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
SHAKIRA

Certain Fragrance Good Identity Make People Personality
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.
SHAKIRA

Career Choose Frustration Make Music Singer Sure Worst
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.
SHAKIRA

Age Dark Humanity Itself Manage Question
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.
SHAKIRA

Dad Paid Pretty Probably Right Voice
Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
SHAKIRA

Artist Do Else Intricate Part Person Someone Songwriting Such
I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
SHAKIRA

Even Know Pencil Skirt Swing Wear
I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
SHAKIRA

Career Country Give Musician People Person Seriously Short Show Taken Try
A man’s car is like an extension of their ego and their manhood.
SHAKIRA

Car Ego Extension Like Man Manhood
We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
SHAKIRA

Built Country People Person School Student Teach Work
I was a real mummy’s girl – still am. And as for my father, well, I have an Oedipus complex I’m still working out. I love that man!
SHAKIRA

Compex Country Father Girl Mummy People Person Real
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.
SHAKIRA

Carry Hour Incredibly Liberation Like Someone Sound Spend Talk
I’d love to go to that World Cup – I’m not sure in what capacity, but I’ll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me.
SHAKIRA

Capacity Cup Least Love Miss Sure World
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.
SHAKIRA

Actual Childhood Development Leader Political Strategies Support
My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
SHAKIRA

Ask Body Feel Like Reproduce
I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
SHAKIRA

Country Eighteen Foundation Own People Person Start
You’re a song written by the hands of God.
SHAKIRA

God Hand Song Written

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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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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