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" New York City is an amazing place to raise children. "
Ricky Martin
Place
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" I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am. "
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" I need to tell the world what I'm about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn't want it to be. "
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" 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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" Before I came out, I had a lot of anger. For years people would ask, 'How are you doing?' and I'd say, 'Good, fine.' It's show business, and that's what you have to show. "
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" I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family. "
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" 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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" The rights of homosexual people are human rights, and human rights are for everyone. "
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Rights
" For many years I thought I was bisexual. And then I would ask myself, 'What is bisexual? Does that even exist?' "
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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 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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Me
" The homosexual community wants me to be gay. The heterosexual community wants me to be straight. Every writer thinks, I'm the journalist who's going to make him talk. I pray for them. I pray that they get a life and stop living mine! "
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Me
Living
" I just want my children to be happy. I want my children to be healthy. "
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Want
Healthy
" 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 canceled a show once to be with someone that I loved. "
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Someone
Show
" What I like about Broadway is that you are still entertaining. You're standing in front of an audience every night and the critics are not friends at all - and that's good for me as an entertainer because I want to grow. It also gives me the structure of remaining in one city so I can get creative in different ways. "
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" Anything can change in show business; you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the other. "
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Change
" Children aren't just our future. They're our present. "
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Children
Future
" 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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Singing
Business
" 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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" 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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" I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive. "
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Alive
Believe
" 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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" Proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. "
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" 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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" I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope. "
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" 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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Me
Home
" I believe Barack Obama has shown a deep conviction to help those most in need, even if their voices are not always the ones heard the loudest in Washington. "
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" 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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" 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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