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" 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! "
Richard Simmons
New
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Look
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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 don't know about you, but every time some joker points me out as I walk through an airport wearing extra-small Dolfin shorts, a tank top and leg warmers, I get a little upset. "
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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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" 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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Lady
" 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 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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" 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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" 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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Think
Motivation
" 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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" 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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High School
School
" 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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Thought
" 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. "
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Miracles
" 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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Care
Education
Focus
" 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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Sing
I Can
Time
" 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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Day
I Am
Husband
" I started my own class for people like me who can't find any place else to go. "
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My Own
Place
People
" Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazing. "
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Blessings
Amazing
World
" Right now many schools have no recess. Most schools have no PE. "
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Many
Schools
Right
" 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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You
Person
People
" You shouldn't make fun of people who have issues. "
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People
Make
" My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. I own thousands and thousands and thousands of songs. "
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Songs
Own
Nickname
" My persona has always been what a man was never supposed to be. Outrageous, gregarious, crazy, silly, funny. "
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Silly
Always
Crazy
" No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will. "
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" I'm a real paradox. Because I'm a very serious person, and I take my work very seriously. But I wrap it up in a court jester and a clown and make people laugh and make them feel good about themselves. "
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Work
People
" Work hard, take care of yourself, and you'll be just fine. "
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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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" 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. "
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Believe
Tired
" I've been going to shopping malls since I was on General Hospital. "
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Going
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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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