Richard Simmons Quotes
People need the court jester, so I keep that smile on and keep going out there to do what I do.
Quotes to Explore
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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Being popular comes when you have everything. But to be liked, it means that you must be treating people with respect and you must be showing kindness toward them.
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.
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We need to see a Palestinian state.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff.
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I used to have the 'Best Of Eddie Murphy' VHS tape that I wore out completely, watching it over and over again. His 'Buckwheat Sings' is, to this day, one of my all-time favorite sketches on the show. I also loved the one where he plays the Tooth Fairy.
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Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
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If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
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I don't like being stagnant. I want to continue to grow and just be better at what I do, and the only way to do that is to keep stepping outside of your comfort zone.
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Poverty is not the simple result of bad geography, bad culture, bad history. It's the result of us: of the ways that people choose to organize their societies.
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We believe in peace in the settlement of all disputes through peaceful means, in the abolition of war, and, more particularly, nuclear war.
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The thing about the South is we accept our history. We don't push it under the rug.
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I learned that the first technology appeared in the form of stone tools, 2.6 million years ago. First entertainment comes evidence from flutes that are 35,000 years old. And evidence for first design comes 75,000 years old - beads. And you can do the same with your genes and track them back in time.
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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
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I have a ranch, which is my favorite place in the world.
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I think that inexpensive sources of planet-friendly energy are one of the most important things for us to pursue.
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I'm obsessed with 'Homeland.' It's not even okay.
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For the rest of history, all over the world, people will be trying to save this same dead woman. This woman who just wanted to die.
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I am not sure if India is the right place to promote such music. I don't think there are still enough people who listen to English songs.
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The idea of massive amounts of fame-having my face on Walgreens end-caps and pizza boxes-I don't fantasize about that. I'm happy with just being a songwriter. I'd rather have smaller numbers [of fans] that are really into what I'm doing than a massive amount of people that don't really know what I'm about.
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I suppose, counting back, if the Beatles had been influenced by music in the same length of time ago - you'd have to put that into better English for me, thank you - they would have been like a banjo orchestra. They would have been doing show tunes.
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People need the court jester, so I keep that smile on and keep going out there to do what I do.
