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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. "
Richard Simmons
Help
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Morning
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" When you're feeling down, sad, lonely, negative, you don't want to take care of yourself - and the weight problem and the diabetic problem and the heart attack and stroke problems and high cholesterol set in. "
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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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" Well mine is not gimmicky - it is the 6 food groups that God made, and exercising every day. Trying to think positively. "
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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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" No one is perfect... absolutely no one. Like precious stones, we have a few flaws, but why focus on that? Focus on what you like about yourself, and that will bring you happiness and peace. "
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" When I go to teach, that's not my workout. It's my show. I'm 134 pounds - I'm a teeny thing. I work out 11/2 hours a day and eat 1,600 calories. I can't stray because I have to fit into these Dolfin shorts! "
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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 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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" I don't know about you, but every time some joker points me out as I walk through an airport wearing extra-small Dolfin shorts, a tank top and leg warmers, I get a little upset. "
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