Richard Simmons Quotes
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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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Work hard, take care of yourself, and you'll be just fine.
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I get tired of negativity in our country. I get tired of people who only want to know dirt. I get tired of people who don't believe in themselves.
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I really created my career out of my own compulsion. Because I knew if I owned an exercise studio and I had to teach my classes there, I wasn't going to gain my weight back.
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I just strive to do better. Every time I meet somebody, I ask myself, "How can I help this person?"
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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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When we're binging, we do not think about death. We just think about how good it tastes.
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A kid who moves is a kid who learns.
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I don't talk about my personal life, and I don't talk about death.
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My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. I own thousands and thousands and thousands of songs.
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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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Everyone has a story that makes me stronger. I know that the work I do is important and I enjoy it, but it is nice to hear the feedback of what we do to inspire others.
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Its an eerie thing. My childhood is being washed away.
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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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Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazing.
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This is my theater. This is where I can sing and act out a play and do sit-ups at the same time.
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I don't have a lot to offer one person. I have a lot to offer to a lot of people.
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I've never swayed from who I am. People have seen me on television, and they know what I'm like and they know what I do and they respect me for what I do. They know that I'm huggy and kissy.
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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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The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity.
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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 try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh. At the same time, you have people in the hospital who have had gastric bypass or lap-band surgery and they still have to work out. If you don't work out and eat healthy, you'll look like a melted candle.
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Every day after school, for three hours a day, I would sell those pralines on the street corner. I was just eight years old. I'd bring the money home to my parents and say, "This is just the beginning."
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Truthfully, everyone knows how to eat right. They know the difference between oatmeal and a jelly cream doughnut. They know how to walk. Everyone has this in their brain. When I started, we didn't have all this knowledge. Forty years ago, I lost my weight, but only by watching what I was eating.