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" I didn't expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often. "
Shakira
Nobody
Babies
Expect
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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. "
Shakira
Work
Champion
Top
" 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. "
Shakira
Best
Think
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. "
Shakira
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Country
Me
" People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason, I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I'm different. "
Shakira
Feel
Passionate
People
" In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it's not a priority in the agendas of many leaders. "
Shakira
Sometimes
Right
Luxury
" I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues. "
Shakira
More
My Own
I Can
" I have two kids, a career, and a man that takes a lot of my attention and time. "
Shakira
Kids
Time
Two
" I'm Colombian and nothing will change that. "
Shakira
Change
Nothing
Will
" When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel. "
Shakira
Love
Peace
World
" The relationship I have with my Hispanic fans is very deep and intricate. "
Shakira
Fans
Hispanic
Relationship
" 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. "
Shakira
Steal
Used
Write
" We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America. "
Shakira
Need
Quality
Early
" The Summit of the Americas is an excellent platform to raise awareness and secure commitments from heads of state and different sector leaders regarding Early Childhood Development. "
Shakira
Early Childhood
Early
Childhood
" I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element. "
Shakira
Sweetness
Common
Like
" 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. "
Shakira
Education
Foundation
Involved
" My body feels like it is asking to reproduce. "
Shakira
Body
Feels
Asking
" '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. "
Shakira
Kind
Memories
Golden
" Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general. "
Shakira
Way
Only
Forward
" 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. "
Shakira
Small
Sweat
Pants
" I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with. "
Shakira
Same
Children
Want
" 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. "
Shakira
First
Used
Events
" Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let someone else do it. "
Shakira
Songwriting
Person
Someone
" 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. "
Shakira
Love
You
Two
" 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! "
Shakira
Cute
Time
Teen
" I'm just a consequence of the great musical momentum and the great changes we are going through in the world. "
Shakira
Great
Going
Changes
" 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. "
Shakira
Women
Stupid
Intelligent
" You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice. "
Shakira
Life
Achieve
Sacrifice
" I'm convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children. "
Shakira
Children
Intelligent
Our
" 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. "
Shakira
Way
Any
Everything
" When you feel complete, you don't need to get married, and you don't think about it. "
Shakira
Get
You
Think