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" The rights of homosexual people are human rights, and human rights are for everyone. "
Ricky Martin
People
Human
Rights
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" A lot of people say, 'Wow, you're a single father of twin boys, that's crazy!' Two toddlers can get hectic, but I wouldn't change it for anything. Every day they teach me different things. The love is there. When you have a two-year-old saying every other hour, 'Papi, te amo. Papi, I love you,' it can't get better. "
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" 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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" 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
Walk
Say
" 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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Myself
Bisexual
Years
" 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
Women
Say
" 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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You
Anger
Business
" I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am. "
Ricky Martin
Who
Am
Man
" Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness. "
Ricky Martin
Perseverance
Patience
Hero
" Ignore the ignorant. "
Ricky Martin
Ignorant
Ignore
" 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. "
Ricky Martin
Time
Sexuality
Piano
" Proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. "
Ricky Martin
Say
Man
Fortunate
" New York City is an amazing place to raise children. "
Ricky Martin
Place
City
Children
" 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. "
Ricky Martin
Experience
Good
Creative
" 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. "
Ricky Martin
Doing
Painful
Me
" I just want my children to be happy. I want my children to be healthy. "
Ricky Martin
Happy
Want
Healthy
" 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. "
Ricky Martin
Head
Powerful
Simple
" I want my children to be proud of their father and to say, 'My father is the best dad in the world.' And I want them to belong to a modern family, and live a path of happiness and calm. "
Ricky Martin
Path
Happiness
Father
" 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! "
Ricky Martin
Gay
Me
Living
" Children aren't just our future. They're our present. "
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Our
Children
Future
" I canceled a show once to be with someone that I loved. "
Ricky Martin
Loved
Someone
Show
" Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong. "
Ricky Martin
Someone
Soul
You
" For many years, there has been only one place where I am in touch with my emotions fearlessly, and that's the stage. Being on stage fills my soul in many ways, almost completely. It's my vice. "
Ricky Martin
Emotions
My Soul
Soul
" It was really intense for me to start having conversations with God, when according to the man-made laws in my religion - to be homosexual is evil. "
Ricky Martin
Laws
Me
Religion
" 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. "
Ricky Martin
Politicians
Music
You
" During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all. "
Ricky Martin
Listening
Spent
Two
" 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
" I've felt emotions onstage that I never felt before; it has strengthened me as a person and as an artist. "
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Emotions
Me
Never
" I don't want to dream anymore, I want my life to be real! "
Ricky Martin
Want
My Life
Real
" Anything can change in show business; you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the other. "
Ricky Martin
Day
Business
Change
" 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