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" I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun. "
Shakira
Career
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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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" Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever. "
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" My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about. "
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" I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself. "
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" Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry. "
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" You're a song written by the hands of God. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it's not a priority in the agendas of many leaders. "
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" My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don't respect you and when they respect you they don't love you. "
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" I'm Colombian and nothing will change that. "
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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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" 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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" 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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