Richard Simmons Quotes
When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher and to keep spreading this right word.
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I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.
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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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I love to cook a meal for the so-called holidays. You always need the turkey. I like making a good BBQ brisket as well.
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The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of animal life in providing the male with sexual outlet and exercising the animal functions of reproduction and care of the young.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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I've always dreamed of having an album. The problem is that it's just very difficult to make an album nowadays because through technology, music shifts so fast, especially electronic music. Once you make five songs, the first one you did is already old and you wished you would have put it out right away. So that's kind of the difficult part.
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Normally, I don't like explaining songs. I don't want to kill anyone's interpretation or the story they want to make for themselves.
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I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.
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I think everyone is forgetting what plastic surgery is for - if you have a face-eating tumour, lose a breast or are involved in a car accident, then it's a good idea.
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Playing and listening to music gives you a sense of fulfilment because you have to put everything in you at its disposal.
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I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.
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I don't want my children to have any kind of ego or entitlement because of what I do. I want them to be good people, and we fight every day so that they'll be that way.
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When I was in school, sport was given utmost importance. I think it's fantastic for character building, for team playing, and I think it's a great profile for a nation. One in every six people on Earth is an Indian, and I look forward to the day when we can compete with the heavyweights of the sporting world and do well in the medal tally.
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Give me an 18-hour day on set or in the theater, and I will be the happiest person alive.
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The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
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When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher and to keep spreading this right word.
