Richard Simmons Quotes

Singing is good for the soul. It's the first thing I do every morning, after my blessings and my grace. I put music on and I sing.

Richard Simmons

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• I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.

  

  Frances Fisher
  • Doing
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• There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
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• It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.

  

  Wendell Berry
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• An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.

  

  Carl Van Vechten
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• I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • You
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• I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.

  

  Tammy Faye Bakker
  • People
  • Believe
  • Gay

• I think you could find some waves on the west side of Denmark, but I never tried it.

  

  Lars Mikkelsen
  • Think
  • Find
  • Waves

• I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.

  

  Famke Janssen
  • People
  • Work
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• In the end, I play a lot of friends and I really think it's about time that some ethnic girls get out there in the lead part. So we're developing something.

  

  Rachel True
  • Time
  • Friends
  • End

• Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • Mind
  • Focus
  • Positive

• All my Dominican friends live in an area called Los Venaga. Their houses are shacks. They'd invite us over to dinner, and we'd sit in plastic chairs on the dirt inside a house.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Live
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• There's nothing unclassy about being naked, if it's appropriate.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Being
  • Nothing
  • Naked

• I couldn't care less about business.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • Business
  • Care
  • Less

• Novels are political because in them, we try to identify with people who are not like us. And, in that sense, I like the first-person singular because I have to imitate accurately the voice of someone who is not like me. The third-person singular gives me an authority over a character.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • People
  • Character
  • Political

• In a political struggle, never get personal - else the dagger digs too deep.

  

  Jack Valenti
  • Political
  • Deep
  • Struggle

• The storytelling in a movie is in the cut; it's in the edit. It's not an actor's job, really. Your job is such a tiny little thing, and I love the feeling of juggling or tightrope walking.

  

  Kerry Bishe
  • Job
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• Death does determine life.

  

  Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Life
  • Death

• In 1995, I made a website, and half the web came to see it, and I thought, 'Man, that's it, that's what I want to do.'

  

  Jeffrey Zeldman

• There was a need for doing something new but what it looked like nobody knew.

  

  Anni Albers
  • Doing
  • New
  • Knew

• I have hour spurts when I feel fine and I can walk normal and stuff, other hours, I'm wobbling. I feel like there's somebody behind me kicking my legs out from underneath me. The whole tumor symptom thing is crazy. It's unpredictable. It really messes with your life.

  

  Lauryn Hill Fugees
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• If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Music
  • Rock
  • Star

• I'm very happy to sing whatever I'm singing. I've always enjoyed any role I've been given at a certain time. They've all been favourites, they've all been wonderful pieces to play.

  

  Joan Sutherland
  • Time
  • Happy
  • Singing

• I like all types of music. Even though rap music is 80 percent of what I listen to, it's not the only thing I listen to.

  

  Jaden Smith
  • Music
  • Rap

• Singing is good for the soul. It's the first thing I do every morning, after my blessings and my grace. I put music on and I sing.

  

  Richard Simmons
  • Music
  • Singing
  • Blessings