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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. "

Richard Simmons

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I've always practiced this: Love yourself. Move your body. Watch your portions. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

" People are still grasping for the miracle, and unfortunately, there are no miracles, if you do not exercise for a year, and let your body remain dormant, then you will gain weight. "

" 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! "

Richard Simmons

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Day

" 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. "

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

" Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody. "

" Comedy, not screaming at someone, can make someone lift their legs higher. There is a way to do a push-up and a sit-up, and it doesn't have to be so complicated. Everyone is putting a difficult twist to it and making you do way too much. "

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

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

" 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

People

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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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Morning

" 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. "

" No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will. "

" 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. "

" You shouldn't make fun of people who have issues. "

" It's not nice to make fun of people with issues. "

" My way is the sensitive, emotional way, because that's who I am. 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. "

" 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. "

" Work hard, take care of yourself, and you'll be just fine. "

" Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazing. "

" 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. "