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• What if you can't do what you once did, like run and jump up and down? You can walk, which is also good for your mind and mental attitude. You can do simpler exercises, like getting up and down from a chair without using your hands. You can stay fairly flexible. The most important thing is to not become sedentary.

  Richard Simmons

  Running, Attitude, Exercise

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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.

  Richard Simmons

  Children, Taken, America

  "The Real Richard Simmons: 'Still Doin' It' at 60" by Chris Connelly, Steven Baker, abcnews.go.com. Febreruary 23, 2009.

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• I've never swayed from who I am. People have seen me on television, and they know what I'm like and they know what I do and they respect me for what I do. They know that I'm huggy and kissy.

  Richard Simmons

  Who I Am, People, Television

  Source: www.menshealth.com

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• 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.

  Richard Simmons

  People, Work Out, Laughing

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• For 40 years, my formula has been to love yourself, move your body and to watch portion size. But the No. 1 thing is to love and value yourself, no matter what you've been through.

  Richard Simmons

  Moving, Love You, Years

  "Pharaohs of fitness". Interview with Julie Deardorff, articles.chicagotribune.com. April 18, 2012.

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• When I talk to kids who are overweight, I see my face on their bodies.

  Richard Simmons

  Kids, Body, Faces

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2012.

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• I never sold any of those "lose 10 pounds every week" scams. I've not changed my tune in all these years. I've seen everything pass by me, and I've been offered millions of dollars to put my name on products that were just lies. And I never did it.

  Richard Simmons

  Lying, Years, Names

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2012.

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• Every day after school, for three hours a day, I would sell those pralines on the street corner. I was just eight years old. I'd bring the money home to my parents and say, "This is just the beginning."

  Richard Simmons

  Home, School, Eight

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2012.

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• I've been offered big money to promote machines. And high-protein diets, when that was really popular. There was always some new powder or diet plan that somebody wanted to put my name on.

  Richard Simmons

  Names, Machines, Powder

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2012.

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• After I talk to so many people who are so unhappy about their weight and so depressed that they don't see any rainbows in their life, after I talk to about 30 of those, then I try to walk away and pet my dog, just do something that makes me happy.

  Richard Simmons

  Dog, People, Rainbow

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2012.

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• If people confront me with certain questions, if they are not right, I will not answer them.

  Richard Simmons

  People, Answers, Certain

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2012.

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• I'm 64, but I act like I'm still 12. I go to schools. At colleges, they come out in droves, they almost scare me. I think it's just to see if I'm still alive. After I work them out - and it's not easy - I sit them down and we have a serious talk. Are they eating? Working on their body? I can say things parents won't say. No matter where I go, I talk to each one individually after I teach. They tell me things like, 'I'm starving, guys like girls thinner.' I give them concrete advice about self-image and self-worth.

  Richard Simmons

  Girl, School, Self Worth

  "Pharaohs of fitness". Interview with Julie Deardorff, articles.chicagotribune.com. April 18, 2012.

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• No one can make fun of overweight people in front of me!

  Richard Simmons

  Fun, People, Overweight

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2012.

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• Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorders; I'd binge and purge all the time: fried oysters, po' boys, muffulettas, beignets, coffee and doughnuts. I tried to medicate myself with food when people made fun of me or hit me with a bat in school. I'd always turn to food. Knowing what I now know, I'd turn to me.

  Richard Simmons

  Fun, Coffee, School

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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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. Forty years ago, I lost my weight, but only by watching what I was eating.

  Richard Simmons

  Years, Differences, Oatmeal

  "Pharaohs of fitness". Interview with Julie Deardorff, articles.orlandosentinel.com. April 18, 2012.

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• My nickname is Dickie Jukebox.

  Richard Simmons

  Jukebox, Nicknames

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2012.

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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.

  Richard Simmons

  Differences, Oatmeal, Brain

  "Pharaohs of fitness". Interview with Julie Deardorff, www.chicagotribune.com. April 18, 2012.

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• 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.

  Richard Simmons

  Dog, Islands, Ice Cream

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Richard Simmons

  Passion, Class, And Love

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Richard Simmons

  Cheer, Phones, Years

  "Pharaohs of fitness". Interview with Julie Deardorff, www.chicagotribune.com. April 18, 2012.

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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.'

  Richard Simmons

  Thinking, People, Work Out

  FaceBook post by Richard Simmons from Dec 13, 2014

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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.

  Richard Simmons

  Twists, Legs, Too Much

  "Pharaohs of fitness". Interview with Julie Deardorff, www.chicagotribune.com. April 18, 2012.

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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.

  Richard Simmons

  Exercise, Needs, Pieces

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• My persona has always been what a man was never supposed to be. Outrageous, gregarious, crazy, silly, funny.

  Richard Simmons

  Crazy, Silly, Men

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• Most workouts are way too aggressive. Thousands of lunges wear out the body.

  Richard Simmons

  Workout, Body, Way

  "Pharaohs of fitness". Interview with Julie Deardorff, www.chicagotribune.com. April 18, 2012.

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