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I started my own class for people like me who can't find any place else to go.
Richard Simmons
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Richard Simmons
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 12
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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.
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You know, if your parents didn't have you, they'd be living in a nicer home, driving a Mercedes-Benz, with money in the bank and a boat. But noooooo. They had to have you! You've got to give back!
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I sort of think of myself as part priest, part clown.
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There's a list of foods I can't have in the house. Peanut butter, can't have that in the house. Potato chips, can't have that in the house. Random little small mini candy bars, don't even think about it. I just have to watch everything. I have to stay between 1500 and 1600 calories a day. That's it.
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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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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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Sleep is critical to me ... at least eight or nine hours a night. I start to slow down my body and my mind at least 30 minutes before I get into bed. I don't watch any disturbing or invigorating TV at night.
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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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If you want to get the body you've always dreamed of, you have to earn it.
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I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me.
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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 never say anything negative about anyone, because that won't get you anywhere.
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I think at the age of 50, everyone should write their own autobiography.
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I was born with a crippled leg. I wore a corrective shoes since I was three years old and I still wear them.
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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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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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Everyone's under pressure and you just have to learn how to deal with it. And I deal with it through prayer and staying busy.
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Some people like to look at pictures of themselves before they lost weight. I don't particularly care for that. Whenever I was overweight, it was a very sad time in my life.
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