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Ricky Martin, born on December 24, 1971, is a renowned musician. His music career began in the 1990s, and he quickly gained immense success in Latin America and around the world with his unique musical style and charm. Martin is known for his versatility, being not only a singer but also an actor and dancer.

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Famous Ricky Martin Quotes

“Getting caught masturbating sucks. I got caught masturbating in jail 7 or 8 times, it really sucks.”

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“And when you feel the heat, the world is at your feet.”

World Feels Feet Heat

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“I played Luke Skywalker. Every time we played, I was Luke Skywalker. Nobody else could be Luke Skywalker.”

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“I'm like a shark, right at the top of the food chain. I take what I want, when I want. I truly am the reflection of perfection.”

Want Reflection Perfection Chains Sharks Apprentice Food Chain

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“I love giving the golden shower. I've done it before in the shower. It's like so sexy, you know, the temperature of your body and the shower water is very different.”

Knows Giving Different Done Body Water Sexy Your Body Golden Showers Temperature

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“I'm an artist and you can fantasize about me however you want.”

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“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!”

Thinking Want Community Mines Praying Gay Journalist Want Me Homosexual I Pray

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“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.”

Soul Beautiful Can Do Teaching Worst Buddhism Your Soul Worst Things Very Beautiful

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“Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness.”

Should Quality Focus Hero Determination Should Have Perseverance Loyalty Selflessness

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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.”

Self Able Simple Powerful Break Teaching Messages Weapons Holiness Most Powerful Self Control Lama Dalai Powerful Weapons

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“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.”

Different Born My Own Mirrors Sexuality Sensuality Different Things

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“When someone isn't ready we must not try to force them out. People are being bullied and committing suicide because they're gay and it's horrible.”

People Trying Force Ready Gay Suicide Horrible Bullied Being Bullied Committing Suicide

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“I don't want to dream anymore, I want my life to be real!”

Want Real Dream Being Real

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“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.”

Knows Giving Years Kind Made Emotion Silence Acceptance Reflection Give Me Stronger Conquer

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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.”

World Want Needs Children Would Be Lying Teaching My Children

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“I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.”

Men Blessed Who I Am Fortunate Homosexual

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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.”

Humans Helping Shows Problem Human Beings Teacher Willing Hero Capacity Helping Others Classroom Being A Hero Helping Others In Need

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“I eat everything, that's a problem. I don't have discipline. My favorite dish is the Caribbean. Meat, rice, lots of grains. But I do like to do exercises. Lately, I've been having capoeira classes and lots of cardiovascular exercises, such as jogging and cycling.”

Problem Class Discipline Exercise My Favorite Meat Grain Dishes Rice Cycling Caribbean Jogging Cardiovascular Exercise Cardiovascular

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“Anything can change in show business, you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the other.”

Knows Shows Know How One Day Show Business

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“Before, I used to ask permission to my parents to leave the house. Now it's - I ask permission to my children to leave the house. They own the house.”

Children Used Asks House Parent My Children Permission

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“Children aren't just our future. They're our present.”

Children Our Future

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“During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all.”

Years Two Song Listening Two Years Sabbatical

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“For many years I thought I was bisexual. And then I would ask myself, 'What is bisexual? Does that even exist?'”

Years Doe Asks Bisexual

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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.”

Wanted Beautiful Father Memories Dad My Dad Beautiful Memories

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“I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope.”

Convinced Bridges Philanthropy

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“I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive.”

Believe Littles I Believe Alive Broadway Latino Flair

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“I canceled a show once to be with someone that I loved.”

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“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.”

Needs Giving Honest Give Me Being Honest Mattresses Campers Futons

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“I had very steady and formal relationships with women. And I can say, I fell in love with women and it felt right.”

I Can Felt Steady Formal

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“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.”

People Force Ready Painful Hated

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“I just want my children to be happy. I want my children to be healthy.”

Want Children Healthy My Children

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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.”

People Next Fronts One Day Planes Neighborhood Riding Next Day Bicycle Riding A Bicycle

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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.”

People Years Two Different Father Hours Love Is Boys Teach Crazy Love You Get Better Different Things Two Years Wow Twins Toddler Old Saying Hectic Two Year Olds Single Father

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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!”

Ifs Want Years Guy Girl Successful Fans Moved Hips

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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.”

Needs Wells Children Process Creative Flow Be Good Priorities My Children Vida Creative Process

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“I used to look at gay men and think, 'I'm not like that, I don't want to be like that, that's not me.'”

Thinking Men Want Looks Used Gay Lgbt Gay Men

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“Everyday begins like a blank chalkboard, on which each one of us can write the poem of our present and our dreams for the future.”

Writing Dream Everyday Blank Our Dreams Chalkboards

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“Life is like a great teacher..... she will repeat the lesson until you learn.”

Life Is Teacher Lessons Repeats Life Is Like Great Teacher

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“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.”

Should Different Walks Modern Mom Proud Dad Be Proud Modern Family

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“Anyone who is not on your same evolutionary and spiritual frequency will distance himself from you, while all those who are on the same evolutionary and spiritual frequency as you will come closer to you; you will see how amazing it is to discover that everyone who needs to be by your side will ultimately appear in your life in the most spontaneous and divine manner. That's how powerful the mind is”

Needs Mind Spiritual Sides Powerful Divine Distance Spontaneous Frequency Your Side

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“I have decided to tell the world that I accept my homosexuality and celebrate this gift that life has given me.”

World Given Accepting Decided Celebrate Homosexuality

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“Everything they do, from smiling to crying, feels like a blessing. Being a father feels amazing. This has been the most spiritual moment in my life.”

Feels Has Beens Moments Spiritual Father Cry Blessing Being A Father

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“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.”

Ifs Would Be Player Fronts Lifetime Sexuality Piano Quarters Gifted

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“I truly am the reflection of perfection.”

Reflection Perfection

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“What will happen from now on? It doesn't matter. I can only focus on what's happening to me in this moment.”

I Can Matter Moments Happens Focus Happenings

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“Love, acceptance, friends, two kids that I love. I have to take care of myself for them. I've also been a vegetarian for two years.”

Years Two Care Kids Acceptance Take Care Two Years Vegetarian Love Acceptance

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“I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered 'losers,' drug traffickers, and that is not fair because that is generalizing.”

Has Beens Country America Drug Fairs Victim Latin Loser Stereotype Latin America Not Fair

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“I didn't go around the world, I went around the world on a private jet. I didn't have a hotel room, we had an entire floor. We were spoiled.”

World Rooms Around The World Hotel Jet Spoiled Hotel Rooms Private Jet

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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.”

People Thinking Opportunity Bunch Shops Holiday Stressed Conformist Stressed Out

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“She'll make you take your clothes off and go dancing in the rain.”

Clothes Rain Dancing Compliment

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About the Author

Born: December 24, 1971
Known for: Musician
Quotes: 50

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