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RICHARD SIMMONS A grateful world, nation and cadre of surgeons general who followed in his shadow are forever indebt... RICHARD CARMONA But if you pick up every other magazine, it is the peanut butter diet, or the cabbage soup diet, and... RICHARD SIMMONS My way is the sensitive, emotional way, because that's who I am. I try to be the clown and court... RICHARD SIMMONS Anybody who has something sensible or worthwhile to say should be able to say it calmly and soberly,... RICHARD DAWKINS People from all over the world come to London wanting to make their own mark on it, and they add to ... RICHARD BRANSON