Richard Simmons Quotes
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In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
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We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.
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Any frequent visitor to Hawaii is fixated on mapping how the islands have changed since their last visit.
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I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.
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Singing is my passion and something that I still love to do and I'm always going to want to do it.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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Of course all novelists are egomaniacs and want to draw everyone to their fold just like any other preacher. The snake-oil peddler, the false prophet, all of this is fascinating to me. But I certainly hope that I'm more humane than that.
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I do have, like, a regular childhood. I mean, I'm treated the same.
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My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
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I want to go to film college to learn about the departments and how everything works. Then I'm going to start directing.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.
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In life, there's no such thing as an unmitigated good.
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As a musician I'm about expressing what's inside, and I think everyone has a song in them that they need to get out, whatever their gig is.
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My parents are music fans, even though neither of them play an instrument. I was exposed to their record collection, so I love everything from Joni Mitchell to Bruce Springsteen.
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I know that I'm a natural attacking player. I love to attack. I love to play freely; I love to combine and play through balls. That's the nature of my game.
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I can go to any restaurant without a reservation, but while I'm there, everyone's gonna be staring.
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The want to return to the fold doesn't mean you can repeat history.
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I married beneath me, all women do.
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In the New Testament outside the Gospels and the beginning of Acts, again and again, the fact of Jesus’ resurrection is closely linked to our own ultimate resurrection, which isn’t life after death – it’s life after life after death.
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I'm not going to be happy until every child in every school is physically active.
