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" 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. "
Shakira
Perfect
My Life
Mother
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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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" 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 feel like there is a part of me that represents a minority in the U.S., a minority around the world. People who struggle, people who want to succeed with drive and ambition. "
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" I enjoy taking part in footballing events that are for social causes because, in my view, inspiring children through sport is a way of keeping their bodies and minds healthy as well as helping nurture their intelligence and ability to relate with others. "
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" 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. "
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Spirit
" I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously. "
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" 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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Moment
Responsibility
Care
" 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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Day
Song
Me
" Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry. "
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You
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" In the full light of day, I don't want to think about the sunset. "
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About
Day
" 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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Respect
Me
Man
" I adore my dad. He's a 78-year-old man and my inspiration. "
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Man
Adore
Dad
" The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there. "
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" 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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Fish
Think
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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. "
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Always
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" The thing is, my dad's always been more of a bookworm; he was interested in more intellectual pursuits, but nobody can escape the passion that football stirs. "
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Passion
Football
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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. "
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Doing
Admire
Always
" A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach. "
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Stomach
Empty
Cannot
" 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. "
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Children
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" My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my idol, my hero. I wanted to be just like him. "
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" Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I'm definitely the disciplinarian. "
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" Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector. "
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" My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body. "
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Beautiful
Believe
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" I'm just a consequence of the great musical momentum and the great changes we are going through in the world. "
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Changes
" 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. "
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" 'Elixir' means magical potion, so I wanted to depict the kind of bottle that was used in ancient times, but that looked modern and chic as well. I also wanted it to have a golden tint to evoke the memories of sands and sunsets. "
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Kind
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" 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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Sweat
Pants
" I've shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest's. "
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Radio
Station
Hands
" The music industry is dominated by guys. I work with men 98 percent of the time - producers, arrangers, musicians, engineers. "
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Men
Guys
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" 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. "
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