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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. "
Richard Simmons
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Believe
Tired
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" My persona has always been what a man was never supposed to be. Outrageous, gregarious, crazy, silly, funny. "
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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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" 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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" I don't talk about my personal life, and I don't talk about death. "
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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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" You are one of a kind and unique. Never forget that. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" If your oxygen mask drops down, it's time to take a breather! "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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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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" 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'm such a huge fan, and I've done classes of all Lady Gaga music. And she's just someone who evokes freedom and love for her fans and passion in what she does. Lady Gaga, I'll take you out for a salad anytime. "
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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. "
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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 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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" Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody. "
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