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" Brazil is a country I hold very dearly. I've got followers there who I've been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pele. 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. "

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" 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. "

Shakira

Rest

Sad

" 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. "

" I have gone through a lot of things, everything that you can imagine in life, but the best has been Gerard and Milan. "

" I was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations. "

" I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously. "

Shakira

Seriously

Career

" You're a song written by the hands of God. "

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

" I just don't find marriage a necessary step in a couple's life. "

" Writing in English was a major challenge. I didn't want other songwriters to write for me. I wanted to preserve the spirit of my songs in Spanish. I am the same Shakira in English as I am in Spanish. "

" Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general. "

" Life is a soccer field, don't you think? "

" I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I'm fine that way. I don't need to be faithful to any concept, you know. "

" We've built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students. "

" I always believed that women have rights and that there are some women that are intelligent enough to claim those rights. There are some others that are stupid enough not to. "

" I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts. "

" Relationships have to have a give and take if they're going to work in the long term. "

" I love food, and I'm a chronic over-orderer at restaurants. "

" Always I was dreaming of a record contract. From 10 to 13, it was all I could think of. I worked hard for this dream. Nobody could say I didn't try. "

" I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart. "

Shakira

Heart

Someone

" I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn't like my voice. 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

Teacher

Music

" I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don't have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we're made of. "

" I'm Colombian and nothing will change that. "

" I wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter. "

" It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water, transparent. "

" In 2006 I was asked to sing at the World Cup in Germany, and in 2010 I was fortunate enough to be asked again. "

" I would love to have eight or nine kids with Gerard - my own futbol team. "

" My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about. "