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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.
Shakira
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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.
Shakira
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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
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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. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.
Shakira
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Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover.
Shakira
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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
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It's incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It's about understanding myself. Sometimes I'll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It's become part of my routine.
Shakira
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I'm double-jointed. I can put my legs over my head, which freaks people out.
Shakira
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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.
Shakira
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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.
Shakira
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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
Shakira
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
Shakira
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I'm barefoot whenever I can be.
Shakira
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Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry.
Shakira
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I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
Shakira
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Gerard doesn't tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust.
Shakira
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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
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With pregnancy and nursing, the hormones mean your skin tends to be more sensitive to the light, so it's very important to use sun block every day.
Shakira
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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
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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.
Shakira
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I just don't find marriage a necessary step in a couple's life.
Shakira
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The relationship I have with my Hispanic fans is very deep and intricate.
Shakira
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We've built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
Shakira
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I have two kids, a career, and a man that takes a lot of my attention and time.
Shakira
