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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. "
Richard Simmons
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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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" I've always practiced this: Love yourself. Move your body. Watch your portions. "
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" Take a moment every day to find peace. Pull over to the side of the road, turn off the radio, and find peace. "
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" There are sacrifices you have to make. 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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" 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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" If your oxygen mask drops down, it's time to take a breather! "
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" Yeah, but I do call them back and follow up. Most people talk at overweight people, I talk with them. "
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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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" You are one of a kind and unique. Never forget that. "
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" I used to think that if someone gained their weight back, it was my fault, but all I can do is be God's motivator and try to instill the motivation in others so they do it themselves. "
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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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" We're all in trouble, and we all need to sort of pick up the pieces and start to exercise more and really be careful with the food. "
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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 start phone calls at 4 A.M. to cheer people up. The housebound, people in the hospital. People who, after decades, still can't get over what happened 10 or 15 years ago. "
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" Sometimes it's just 'Oh my God, I love the taste of fried oysters on French bread with mayonnaise and an order of French fries.' I'm not going to lie to you - I deal with that temptation every single day, many times. "
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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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" I put a spell on people so they don't know they're working out... An enchanting spell, where they just don't think about it, or over think it, and then at the end they go, 'Wow, I feel good.' "
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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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" I've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" I think it is very important that you like yourself for who you are and not want to look like anyone else. You also have to understand, many people have had cosmetic surgeries in order to look the way they look. So why look like them when you can just look like you? And there is nothing wrong with looking like you. "
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" Work hard, take care of yourself, and you'll be just fine. "
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" Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you've got to squeeze your buns. That's my formula. "
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" When you gather up all the balls of life that you try to juggle, it is a very difficult thing to try to focus in on taking good care of yourself. But that's why God invented me - so I can come and teach and preach and make people laugh and give them some education so they can start liking themselves better. "
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