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" I know what it's like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing. "
Shakira
Yourself
Appreciation
Fear
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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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" 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. "
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" I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I've been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don't get a chance to be heard. "
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" The relationship I have with my Hispanic fans is very deep and intricate. "
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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. "
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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 would love to have eight or nine kids with Gerard - my own futbol team. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm more afraid of marriage than death. "
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" I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun. "
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" I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts. "
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" What I do is I remove my makeup every night, use a little bit of Vitamin C serum, and that's it, pretty much. Of course, I use my 3D White products! "
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" 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. "
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" 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! "
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" Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region. "
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" The music industry is dominated by guys. I work with men 98 percent of the time - producers, arrangers, musicians, engineers. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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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 think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love. "
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" 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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" In 2006 I was asked to sing at the World Cup in Germany, and in 2010 I was fortunate enough to be asked again. "
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" If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I've gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder. "
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" I adore my dad. He's a 78-year-old man and my inspiration. "
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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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" 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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" The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you're always giving interviews. "
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