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" Dealing with boys at work and being the only girl can be challenging. I have my insecurities, but I've learned I have to be a good sport. I have to be able to take certain jokes and not take them personally. There are jokes made almost every second of the day. I had to develop a tough hide. You know, the music industry is dominated by guys. "

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" In their 20s, women try to be somebody they're not and try to turn themselves into something different. Now I'm in my 30s; I'm very happy with who I am. "

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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. "

" I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element. "

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" I'm a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums. "

" I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries. I am an avid believer that education - and especially early childhood development - is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty. "

" Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That's my fatal, absurd nature. "

" 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! "

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

" We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America. "

" 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. "

" I'm more afraid of marriage than death. "

" I remember the first time I saw the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video. I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain's face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn't see his face. When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined! "

" President Obama is highly concerned with education. He's a champion on early-childhood development strategies. 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. "

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

" 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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" I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths. "

" 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. "

" I know what I'm doing even when I'm wearing a pencil skirt. "

" It's very difficult to think that you're with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don't know them: it turns out that they betray you. It's painful, but it's best to turn the page. "

" 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. "

" The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos. 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. "

" I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It's an adventure, a dream... I feel like I'm on an anthropological mission. "

" At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs. My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me. "

" I would sing anywhere they would invite me. That's how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort. "

" I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun. "

" I'm just a consequence of the great musical momentum and the great changes we are going through in the world. "