Richard Simmons Quotes
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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 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.
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If I have to die, I want to combust in the middle of one of my classes.
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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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When I was growing up, I did not exercise at all. I was raised in the French Quarter in New Orleans. If I saw someone running, I would call the police because I thought they stole something on Royal Street.
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Sleep is critical to me ... at least eight or nine hours a night. I start to slow down my body and my mind at least 30 minutes before I get into bed. I don't watch any disturbing or invigorating TV at night.
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I am kinder to my body. I don't try to prove anything to myself or others. I keep thinking about the need to go slower, gentler and maintain a sense of humor about it all.
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I could be hit by a Sara Lee truck tomorrow. Which is not a bad way of going: 'Richard Simmons Found in a Freeway in Pound Cake and Fudge, With a Smile on His Face.' Let's face it. We don't know anything.
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People spend thousands in therapy digging and digging in the past. When you dig and dig, you find relics. Try to forgive yourself and get back on that ride.
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I'm like a stuffed toy. You've never met me, but if you did, you'd just want to take me home and put me in your child's room.
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I don't talk about my personal life, and I don't talk about death.
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People have been frying foods since Jesus was on this planet, and there is always going to be greasy, fried, salty, sugary food. It is up to the individual to walk in and say, 'I don't want those fries today.'
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I've always practiced this: Love yourself. Move your body. Watch your portions.
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Being successful is something that's sometimes hard to deal with.
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Thats what we need going into the millennium. We need some positive, happy stuff.
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No one can make fun of overweight people in front of me!
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I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day.
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I have loved deeply. I have lost intensely. I will never love again. I get that love by people who care for me.
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Every morning when I get up, I ask God what he wants me to do, ask him to lead me to the right people to help them.
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People are still grasping for the miracle, and unfortunately, there are no miracles, if you do not exercise for a year, and let your body remain dormant, then you will gain weight.
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If you want to get the body you've always dreamed of, you have to earn it.
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People treat me like family, 'cause I've always treated them like family.
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Everyone's under pressure and you just have to learn how to deal with it. And I deal with it through prayer and staying busy.
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Miley Cyrus, like all of us, needs to be loved. We all come from complicated parents I understand her, and I love her, and I think things will be different with her. But you know, in the music business, sometimes you have to shock a little.