Richard Simmons Quotes
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We overweight people, we say terrible things to ourselves. Oh, you wouldn't believe it. 'You fat pig. How can you do this? You're a disgusting jerk.' And that gets you nowhere. That gets you right back into a bowl of pasta fregula.
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When I lost my weight, I went and bought about 15 different types of underwear to see what would look good on my new body. It's exciting!
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I consider myself a court jester - motivator.
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For 40 years, my formula has been to love yourself, move your body and to watch portion size. But the No. 1 thing is to love and value yourself, no matter what you've been through.
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I'm such a huge fan, and I've done classes of all Lady Gaga music. And she's just someone who evokes freedom and love for her fans and passion in what she does. Lady Gaga, I'll take you out for a salad anytime.
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I've been going to shopping malls since I was on General Hospital.
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But if you pick up every other magazine, it is the peanut butter diet, or the cabbage soup diet, and then you go to the radio and you hear that you can drink some solution and you will lose weight overnight. It just does not work that way!
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For my workout, I'm up at 4 A.M. I say my prayers, count my blessings, and I work out right away. I just get it done.
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My parents always told me to be myself. I was always funny and silly as a kid. And I would always make them laugh. And they always told me to dream big and follow those dreams.
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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.
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I don't have to teach anymore, I don't have to work anymore, God has been really good to me.
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How do you get motivated? By knowing your worth. Americans do not know how worthy they are. You deserve to be healthy, but a lot of times, people have, as childs been told - as a children been told that they're no good, that they're never going to be anything else.
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Most workouts are way too aggressive. Thousands of lunges wear out the body.
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There's a list of foods I can't have in the house. Peanut butter, can't have that in the house. Potato chips, can't have that in the house. Random little small mini candy bars, don't even think about it. I just have to watch everything. I have to stay between 1500 and 1600 calories a day. That's it.
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I never sold any of those "lose 10 pounds every week" scams. I've not changed my tune in all these years. I've seen everything pass by me, and I've been offered millions of dollars to put my name on products that were just lies. And I never did it.
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I'm a real paradox. Because I'm a very serious person, and I take my work very seriously. But I wrap it up in a court jester and a clown and make people laugh and make them feel good about themselves.
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I've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world.
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My life is just a never-ending work in progress.
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The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity. My whole career, I have never done anything where competition was involved with weight loss.
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Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness.
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I'm not going to be happy until every child in every school is physically active.
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When the king gets depressed, he doesn't call for his wife. He doesn't call for the cook. He calls for the court jester.
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If people confront me with certain questions, if they are not right, I will not answer them.
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I do not want any child in America to have my childhood because it was taken away from me because I just wasn't good enough; well I am good enough now.