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We know that many boys and girls leave school because of poverty, because they have to work. However, there are an important number of children who abandon their studies because of the abuses they're subject to by teachers and their own parents.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Education
Girl
Teacher
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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos. I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then, I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Alas
Colombia
Consequence
Continuation
Foundation
Crusade
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Every day now, I discover something new. Go through phases in which I feel much more in touch with my feminine side in ways I never thought possible. I'm letting the woman inside of me speak, the desires of this woman, speak as loud as they can.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Feminine
Loud
Phases
Something New
Speak
Inside
Touch
Side
Possible
Desires
Me Day New
Discover
Every Day
Letting
Ways
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Europe is a very different place from my native country of Colombia and my children are growing up in a very urban setting which is nothing like when I was growing up and would be able to play barefoot in the street. But we have a very good life.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Children
Country
Growing Up
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The goal of my philanthropic work has always been to make sure that every child has a chance to live up to his or her potential. That means our work won't be done until every child has access to quality education from early childhood to adulthood.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Children
Goal
Mean
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Absurd
Accomplish
Human Beings
Musical
Our Dreams
Proposal
Share
Beings
Entire
Fatal
Move On
Slaves
Soon
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Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Civil Society
Early Childhood
Providing
Civil
Sector
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Sad
Female
Harder
Jeans
Photograph
Population
Red
Gotta
Red Carpets
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I enjoy taking part in footballing events that are for social causes because, in my view, inspiring children through sport is a way of keeping their bodies and minds healthy as well as helping nurture their intelligence and ability to relate with others.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Inspiring
Ability
Causes
Enjoy
Events
Healthy
Helping
Nurture
Relate
Bodies
Sport
Minds
View
Taking
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I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Elements
Shoes
Walk Me Day
Extreme
Direction
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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!
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Cute
Smile
Teen
Feelings
First Time
Firsts
Forget
Never Forget
Smell
Video
Finally
Imagined
Smells
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People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason, I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I'm different.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Adrenaline
Amount
Blood
Curiosity
Jaded
Passionate
Profession
Album
Released
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy. And I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Advantage
Empowered
Empowering
Femininity
Sensual
Sensuality
Sexy
Way
Control
Touch
Any
Who
Woman
Take
Diminishing
Feeling
Her
Take Advantage
Tremendously
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Accompany
Mistake
Video
Visual
Images
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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.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Avid
Believer
Childhood
Colombia
Developing
Developing Countries
Early Childhood
Foundation
Poverty
Vulnerable
Breaking
Countries
Cycle
Provide
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Achieve
Administration
Childhood
Early Childhood
Educational
Excellence
Support
Obama
Appointed
Commissioner
Consult
Hispanics
Improve
Initiatives
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We can work together across countries and cultures like never before through the Internet and social media. Everyone can make a difference, whether it is by building a school, sponsoring a child's education, volunteering at their local school, or working to hold leaders accountable for their promises.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Children
Country
School
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I've met dedicated people from all sectors of society who are committed to giving children the tools they need for a better future. I'm always impressed by the passionate young leaders I meet. As the pace of change accelerates, so do the challenges we face. However, the chances to solve them increase too.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Children
Giving
People
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I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself. But there are always people close to me who I trust, who will scold me and pull my ears if I need it. Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don't want it to happen to me.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Falling In Love
Reality
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Champion
Concerned
Development
Political Leaders
President Obama
Education Work World
Obama
Agenda
Highly
Leaders
Realise
Strategies
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My family endured a big crisis after my father's business went bankrupt and we went from having a comfortable life to having virtually nothing. I saw from that moment how fragile and precarious life can be and you have to work very hard not just to survive but also to accomplish something in life and fulfill your dreams.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Death
Dream
Father
Moments
Saws
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I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world. Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it's up to us to find solutions today so that we don't keep passing our problems on.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Believe
Challenges
Faces
Involved
Our Generation
Passing
Responsibility
Single
Solutions
Today
Trying
Today Believe World
Celebrity
Were
Find
Difference
Generation
Make A Difference
Passed
Problems
Which
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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.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Brazil
Capacity
Figures
Followers
Huge
Interacting
World Cup
Love World Me
Sure
Artists
Miss
Nobody
Cup
Dearly
Definitely
Fellow
Hold
Pele
Least
Wants
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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.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Every Second
Industry
Music Industry
Tough
Work Good Music
Boy
Challenging
Dealing
Develop
Dominated
Sport
Guys
Hide
Insecurities
Personally
Second
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Education spurs growth and unlocks potential. After all, a single year of primary education creates a 10 to 20 percent increase in a woman's wages later in life. Education lowers the risk of disease and decreases the likelihood that a child will fall into violence and crime. And a child born to a literate mother is 50 percent more likely to survive past age five. No country has achieved sustained growth without at least 40 percent literacy for its adults.
Shakira / Singer-Songwriter
Children
Country
Mother
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