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" I have two kids, a career, and a man that takes a lot of my attention and time. "
Shakira
Kids
Time
Two
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" Gerard is just like me, but two meters tall. We're very alike; it's not for nothing that we were born on the same day, it's just that he was born 10 years later... he's a happy guy, healthy here, in the head. "
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" I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun. "
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" I'm like a mosquito, I love humidity. I don't sweat. "
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" I would love to have eight or nine kids with Gerard - my own futbol team. "
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" I have gone through a lot of things, everything that you can imagine in life, but the best has been Gerard and Milan. "
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" Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself. "
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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 was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age. "
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" My body feels like it is asking to reproduce. "
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" I actually support President Obama's initiatives on early childhood. He has appointed me as a commissioner to consult his administration on educational excellence for Hispanics in the U.S. We try to find ways to improve the education system for Hispanics in America, to achieve excellence. "
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" My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body. "
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" I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I don't go out without make up. I'm a woman, you know. "
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" I never thought it was fair for an 8-year-old child not to be able to afford shoes, or to wander the streets having to beg for money. To know that child's joy would end soon, when they realised there was no future. "
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" 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. "
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