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I just think that it’s very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.

Shakira

I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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Eyes Like People See Sing
For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you’re not a small, you’re not a large.
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Intermediate Large Only Pant Small Sweat Wear
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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Delight Everything Refer Sense Sensual
Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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Go Long Relationship Take Term Work
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
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!
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Compex Country Father Girl Mummy People Person Real
I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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Common Develop Element Fragrance Some Sweetness Them
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
I’m a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are – there’s no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don’t see!
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Face Multi Person Woman
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
I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.
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Comfortable Direction Feel Let Pop Show Walk
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
A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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Empty Kid Learn Stomach
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 came to understand that I’m never going to be the perfect mother, but I’m going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life.
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Best Came Go Going Mother never Perfect Understand
People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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Country Dress People Same
Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it’s up to us to find solutions today so that we don’t keep passing our problems on.
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Challenge Face Generation Keep Many Paas Past Problem Solution
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
When you feel complete, you don’t need to get married, and you don’t think about it.
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Complete Feel Married Need Think
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 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
You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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Amount Archives Anything Life Sacrifice Small
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
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’m barefoot whenever I can be.
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Barefoot Be Whenever
My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
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Artist Itself Kind Represent Video Well Woman
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 just think that it’s very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.

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