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I just love what I do, and I'm a teacher more than anything.

Richard Simmons

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Richard Simmons
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 12
Actor
Comedian
Dancer
Film Producer
Instructor
Professional Fitness Coach
Radio Personality
Restaurateur
Singer
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Voice Actor
New Orleans
Louisiana
Milton Teagle Simmons
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Back in the 70s and 80s, women felt the discrimination of being overweight. And now 35% of the letters I receive are from men.
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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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When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher and to keep spreading this right word.
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Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better.
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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.
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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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I've always practiced this: Love yourself. Move your body. Watch your portions.
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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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Singing is good for the soul. It's the first thing I do every morning, after my blessings and my grace. I put music on and I sing.
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I'm like a stuffed toy. You've never met me, but if you did, you'd just want to take me home and put me in your child's room.
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I'm not going to be happy until every child in every school is physically active.
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A kid who moves is a kid who learns.
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If anyone's depressed for any reason, whether a relationship has fallen apart or they're having money problems, wearing feathered wings and a tutu takes you into a whole other world. A whole new woooooorld, a world of bright and shining stars!
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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've been going to shopping malls since I was on General Hospital.
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I have two rules for living in the world. I never say anything negative about anyone, because that won't get you anywhere. And two, if people confront me with certain questions, if they are not right, I will not answer them.
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I don't talk about my personal life, and I don't talk about death.
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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 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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