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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.
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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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I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover.
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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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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.
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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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I have two kids, a career, and a man that takes a lot of my attention and time.
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.
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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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I'm barefoot whenever I can be.
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I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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The music industry is dominated by guys. I work with men 98 percent of the time - producers, arrangers, musicians, engineers.
Shakira
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Relationships have to have a give and take if they're going to work in the long term.
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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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Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry.
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I've written many love songs for Gerard. But it's never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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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.
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Life is a soccer field, don't you think?
Shakira
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What happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it's not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It's a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It's a very mental game.
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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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A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
Shakira