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" I'm convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children. "
Shakira
Children
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" I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love. "
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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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" Life is a soccer field, don't you think? "
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" I have two kids, a career, and a man that takes a lot of my attention and time. "
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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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" I didn't expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often. "
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" A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach. "
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" I adore my dad. He's a 78-year-old man and my inspiration. "
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" I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I'm not capable, I'm too cowardly for that. "
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" Seeing me in love is a constant state: there are no questions, as the answer is simply there. "
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" 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! "
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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 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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Everything
Gone
" 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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" People think I like to expose my body. But I don't. It's just because the dance moves require it. "
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Just Because
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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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" 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 a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are - there's no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don't see! "
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" I wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter. "
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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'm barefoot whenever I can be. "
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" 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. "
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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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" Guys don't like women telling them what to do. It reminds them of their mothers, or something like that. "
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" I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues. "
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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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" 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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" I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia. "
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