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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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" 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. "

Shakira

Rest

Sad

" I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That's my fatal, absurd nature. "

" In their 20s, women try to be somebody they're not and try to turn themselves into something different. Now I'm in my 30s; I'm very happy with who I am. "

" I thank God that I'm a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I'm grateful that I know where I come from. "

Shakira

Knowledge

Grateful

" I wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter. "

" 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. "

Shakira

Excellence

Education

" 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. "

" 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. "

Shakira

Nothing

Born

" My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured. "

" I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car. "

" '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. "

" I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It's an adventure, a dream... I feel like I'm on an anthropological mission. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about. "

" I like to see people's eyes when I'm singing to them. "

" I didn't expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often. "

" I feel like I'm not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know? "

" People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America. "

" 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. "

" In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it's not a priority in the agendas of many leaders. "

" 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. "

" I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I'm fine that way. I don't need to be faithful to any concept, you know. "

" I'm convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children. "

" Seeing me in love is a constant state: there are no questions, as the answer is simply there. "

Shakira

Questions

Love Is

" I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun. "

" 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. "

" 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. "