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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. ↗

— Ricky Martin

#beautiful #dad #family #father #going

Have you ever, on a cloudless night, looked down from a passing aircraft flying over Canada? Endless, glowing strings of cities, towns, and homesteads. Stretching on and on, one province to the next. With only the stars in the distance. ↗

— Paul Martin

#canada #cities #distance #down #endless

I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law. ↗

— Paul Martin

#equals #i #land #law #liberties

The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences; a country that respects all, regardless of their differences; a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences. ↗

— Paul Martin

#canada #country #demands #differences #doors

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#cause #idea #oneself #pleasure

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. ↗

— Ricky Martin

#being #bullied #committing #force #gay

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. ↗

— Ricky Martin

#come #conquer #emotions #even #existed

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. ↗

— Ricky Martin

#because #been #come #considered #countries

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. ↗

— Ricky Martin

#because #children #doing #how #i

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. ↗

— Ricky Martin

#conformist #get #getting #holidays #i