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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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" 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.' "

Richard Simmons

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" I started my own class for people like me who can't find any place else to go. "

" I get an abundance of e-mail every day, some say 'dear Richard, can you call my husband, he weighs 400 pounds...' or 'my 14-year-old is 200 pounds...' or 'I just got divorced, no one wants me, I am 500 pounds.' So I pick up the phone and I call people. "

" You have to make your own decisions. That's what the freedom in America is all about. "

" Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorders; I'd binge and purge all the time: fried oysters, po' boys, muffulettas, beignets, coffee and doughnuts. I tried to medicate myself with food when people made fun of me or hit me with a bat in school. I'd always turn to food. "

" I'll tell you who makes me laugh, in a good way, and I'd love to have a date with her: if I could just have a salad with Lady Gaga? This would be my - I would almost probably faint. "

Richard Simmons

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" In high school, I could get beaten up all the time, or I could be something better. I became the court jester. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If your oxygen mask drops down, it's time to take a breather! "

" Even though my work is whimsical. I have a very serious job. I cry more than I laugh. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" I suffered from eating disorders when I was just a kid. I did not like me or the way I looked. But back then, you could not tell anyone. "

" I don't have to teach anymore, I don't have to work anymore, God has been really good to me. "

" I'm not into any show that makes people compete when they lose weight. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have loved deeply. I have lost intensely. I will never love again. I get that love by people who care for me. "

Richard Simmons

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" Puberty for me was graduating from Thousand Island salad dressing to Caesar salads. It was like going from hot dogs and hamburgers to beef stroganoff, or from ice cream in a cone to creme brulee. "

" I have 40 pounds to lose. It is not the fault of the fast food people, and anyone who's trying to sue the fast food places needs a therapist, not an attorney. "

" My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. I own thousands and thousands and thousands of songs. "

" A kid who moves is a kid who learns. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" I don't talk about my personal life, and I don't talk about death. "

" Right now many schools have no recess. Most schools have no PE. "

" I show them the funny part, the silly part, the laughing part, the crazy part and then the really deep, deep part where I'm talking from my heart to these people. Because I've been through everything they've been through. "

" 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. "

" I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day. "