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" Yeah, but I do call them back and follow up. Most people talk at overweight people, I talk with them. "
Richard Simmons
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" I do not want any child in America to have my childhood because it was taken away from me because I just wasn't good enough; well I am good enough now. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will. "
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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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