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" One day I may be meeting you and hearing how you've changed your life by saying, 'Farewell to Fat'. "

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. "

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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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

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" I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise. "

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

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

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" Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness. "

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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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" 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. "

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

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

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" People treat me like family, 'cause I've always treated them like family. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

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

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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 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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" 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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" 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 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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