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" I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am. "
Ricky Martin
Who
Am
Man
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" Buddha's teaching are very simple, you don't have to break your head to understand the message. The part that I like the most from Buddha's teachings and from His Holiness, The Dalai Lama, is that the most powerful weapon is to not attack, to be able to have self-control. "
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Powerful
Simple
" I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope. "
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Hope
" Every family is different. I am mom and I am dad and I'm going to do my best. You should be proud, walk through life saying I have the coolest family. I am part of a modern family. "
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" I think religion is a bunch of hooey, and I think that the holidays are an opportunity for people to get stressed out, getting their rush to shop. It's so conformist. "
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Opportunity
Think
Religion
" Sexuality and sensuality are completely different things. Sensuality is something that you're born with. But sexuality is something I leave for my own mirror. "
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You
Born
" I was onstage with Menudo since I was 12 years old. To us, the most successful one was the guy with the most fans. If you moved your hips and the girls screamed, you were getting it right. Who wouldn't want to be like Elvis or Jim Morrison! "
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Want
You
Successful
" I hated it when people tried to force me out when I wasn't ready. It was very painful, and it actually pushed me away from doing so. "
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Doing
Painful
Me
" People don't know this, but I'm going through a lot every time I walk on stage, which is part of doing theater. That's why it's so addictive, I must say. "
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Time
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Say
" When I was 9 years old, I really wanted to be in the show business. I really wanted to be an artist. I would grab a wooden spoon and I would start singing, even if it was for my uncles and my aunts. And I would just sing any lah-lah song. "
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Song
Singing
Business
" My goal is to think of nothing when I'm writing a song because too many influences could sabotage a potentially amazing song. "
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Think
Writing
Goal
" We all have to go through our own spiritual process. It is very difficult. Some people are struggling and they are in their teens. Some people are in their 50s and they're struggling. Some people go through life and die not being able to accept themselves. Tragic. But it's very individual. And it's about self-esteem. "
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Spiritual
Die
Life
" My priorities are: I need to be good; I need to be well within for my children to be well within; and then the creative process flows, organically and smoothly. I'm not looking to experience what I went through in the 'Livin' La Vida Loca' days again. "
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Experience
Good
Creative
" The rights of homosexual people are human rights, and human rights are for everyone. "
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People
Human
Rights
" Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity. "
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Courage
Help
Hero
" I canceled a show once to be with someone that I loved. "
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Loved
Someone
Show
" Anything can change in show business; you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the other. "
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Day
Business
Change
" These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed. "
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Silence
Me
Power
" I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive. "
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I Believe
Alive
Believe
" One day I'm riding a bicycle in my neighborhood, the next day I auditioned for Menudo and was on a plane to perform in front of 200,000 people. "
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Bicycle
Riding
Day
" Honestly, I never needed a mask to go onstage. It was me who was there, and it was always what I felt, based on what I had learned at home, in my religion, and from society. I clung to that: 'This is me, it has to be me.' And if I had an encounter with someone of the same sex, I looked away. "
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Sex
Me
Home
" When you take things too seriously, you get old. You have to be silly. Whenever people say, 'Hey, man, are you ever going to grow up?' That's when you know you're doing things right. "
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You
Doing
Know
" If I had spent a quarter of the time that I spent manipulating my sexuality in front of a piano instead, I would be the most gifted piano player of my lifetime. "
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Time
Sexuality
Piano
" I don't need anything to live, to be honest. Give me a mattress or a futon on the floor and I'll be the happiest camper. "
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Me
Floor
Anything
" I don't want to dream anymore, I want my life to be real! "
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Want
My Life
Real
" Broadway is another monster. I've been touring since I was 12 years old and I love being on the road - one day you're here, next day it's snowing, and the next you are in a desert and it's 110 degrees. So I guess I'm kind of used to the madness physically that you go to when you are an entertainer. But it's been great. "
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Love
Road
You
" I've performed in China, France, New Delhi, and Indianapolis, and everybody just allows themselves to go at it and have a good time. I think that's what I'm doing through music. It's not about 'I'm from here and you're from there.' It's about unity. "
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You
Music
Good
" I would love to do Broadway the rest of my life! Because it's challenging, because it makes me grow as an actor, as an entertainer, as an artist, and that's what I need; that's what I'm hooked on. "
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Rest
My Life
Me
" I had very steady and formal relationships with women. And I can say, I fell in love with women and it felt right. "
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I Can
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Say
" Every night, you fight for that standing ovation at the end of the night. And if you do something wrong, the domino effect is chaotic. And you must not allow yourself to make mistakes whatsoever. So in that case, theater, it's fascinating because of the discipline that you need. "
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Mistakes
Yourself
Discipline
" You can be a sex symbol through music or film. Hey, there are some politicians that are sex symbols. Is that something you should fight? No. Sex is very natural. "
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Politicians
Music
You