American - Celebrity | July 12, 1948 -
Even though my work is whimsical. I have a very serious job. I cry more than I laugh.
Richard Simmons
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I'm not into any show that makes people compete when they lose weight.
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My father offered me a dollar for every pound I would lose as a kid. It didn't work. And it doesn't really work in the long run. Who are you competing against? It's you. You need to be doing this for you and only you.
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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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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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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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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 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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Most workouts are way too aggressive. Thousands of lunges wear out the body.
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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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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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