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I Believe With All My Heart That America Remains 'the Great Idea' That Inspires The World. It Is A Privilege To Be Born Here. It Is An Honor To Become A Citizen Here. It Is A Gift To Raise Your Family Here, To Vote Here, And To Live Here.

-Arnold Schwarzenegger

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I Believe With All My Heart That America Remains 'the Great Idea' That Inspires The World. It Is A Privilege To Be Born Here. It Is An Honor To Become A Citizen Here. It Is A Gift To Raise Your Family Here, To Vote Here, And To Live Here.

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It All Comes From The Mind. I've Seen The Most Incredible Success Stories Because A Person Had A Dream And It Was So Powerful No One Could Touch It. He'd Feel It, Believe It, Think About It All Day And Night. That Would Inspire Him To Do Things Necessary To Get The Results He Wanted.

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My Fellow Americans, This Is An Amazing Moment For Me. To Think That A Once-scrawny Boy From Austria Could Grow Up To Become Governor Of The State Of California And Then Stand Here... Then Stand Here In Madison Square Garden And Speak On Behalf Of The President Of The United States - That Is An Immigrant's Dream. It Is The American Dream.

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"with My Desire And Drive, I Definitely Wasn't Normal. Normal People Can Be Happy With A Regular Life. I Was Different. I Felt There Was More To Life Than Plodding Through A Normal Existence. I'd Always Been Impressed By Stories Of Greatness And Power. I Wanted To Do Something Special, To Be Recognized As The Best. I Saw Bodybuilding As The Vehicle That Would Take Me To The Top, And I Put All My Energy Into It.

All I Know Is That The First Step Is To Create A Vision, Because When You See The Vision – The Beautiful Vision – That Creates The Want Power.

I Will Always Stay Hungry, Never Satisfied With Current Accomplishments.

I Embrace Technology And I Just Think That In 1984 When James Cameron Wrote About The Technology, Everyone Thought He Was Totally Way Out There And It Was Science Fiction. Now It's Almost Reality What He Talked About. The Machines Have Taken Over, Except They Have Not Become Self-aware, Like In Terminator. So This Is Really One Thing That We Have To Watch Out For, But I Think Technology Is Good.

So Let Me Tell You, As You Prepare To Go Off Into The World, Remember Six Rules: Trust Yourself, Break Some Rules, Don't Be Afraid To Fail, Ignore The Naysayers, Work Like Hell, And Give Something Back.

No Matter What Your Dream Is, You Can Make That Dream A Reality, ... If You Dream About Being A Millionaire, You Can Be That. All You Have To Do Is Study And Be Smart.

If You Feel That Something's Going To Affect Your Body, Then It Definitely Will. I've Always Found That Sex Gives Me A Kind Of Calm, And I'm Much More In Control Because Of It. It's The Same For Friends Of Mine Who Are Also Top Bodybuilders.

In Acting Class They Tell You That You Have To Be Real, Connect With The People, Connect With Your Partner. The Same As Politics, You Have To Connect To The People.

Many Women Seem To Have Hang-ups About Going Out With Me Because They Feel They Have To Be In The Same Shape That I Am. If They're Overweight, They're Insecure, Because They Don't Understand That I Don't Look At Women The Same Way I Look At Myself.

Some Information I Just Keep To Myself.

Marijuana... That's Not A Drug, That's A Plant.

I've Seen Firsthand Coming Here With Empty Pockets But Full Of Dreams, Full Of Desire, Full Of Will To Succeed, But With The Opportunities That I Had, I Could Make It. This Is Why We Have To Get Back And Bring California Back To Where It Once Was.

What I'm Doing Is The Thing I Want To Do. I Don't Care What Other People Think. I Still Will Be A Bodybuilder. I Love It. I Love The Feeling In My Muscles, I Love The Competition, And I Love The Things It Gives Me.

My Definition Of A Sport Is That It's A Physical Activity That Involves Competition. Since Bodybuilders Certainly Train And Then Compete, We Are Certainly A Sport.

You Can Do It, As Long As You Really Believe 100 Percent.

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I Think It Is Important That We Go And Bring Both Of The Parties Together. The More We Go To The Left, The More We Go To The Right, I Believe Of What President Eisenhower Said, "politics Is Like The Road. The Left And The Right Represents The Gutter, And The Middle Is Drivable."

I Just Use My Muscles As A Conversation Piece, Like Someone Walking A Cheetah Down 42nd Street.

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When Your Vision Is Powerful Enough, Everything Else Falls Into Place: How You Live Your Life, Your Workouts, What Friends You Choose To Hang Out With, How You Eat, What You Do For Fun. Vision Is Purpose, And When Your Purpose Is Clear, So Are Your Life Choices. Vision Creates Faith And Faith Creates Willpower. With Faith, There Is No Anxiety, No Doubt - Just Absolute Confidence.

The Mind Is The Limit. As Long As The Mind Can Envision The Fact That You Can Do Something, You Can Do It, As Long As You Really Believe 100 Percent.

I Comfortably Can Say That I Am A Republican And I Always Will Be A Republican Because The Republican Party Is A Big Tent And There Was Not Always Things That I Agreed With Or They Didn't Agree With Me Many Times. But The Fact Of The Matter Is That's The Philosophy, And Everything That I've Heard Is Exactly The Same.

The Secret Is Contained In A Three-part Formula I Learned In The Gym: Self Confidence, A Positive Mental Attitude, And Honest Hard Work. Many People Are Aware Of These Principles, But Very Few Can Put Them Into Practice. Every Day I Hear Someone Say, 'i'm To Fat. I Need To Lose Twenty-five Pounds, But I Can't. I Never Seem To Improve.' I'd Hate Myself If I Had That Kind Of Attitude, If I Were That Weak. I Can Lose Ten To Forty Pounds Rapidly, Easily, Painlessly, By Simply Setting My Mind To It.

We Have To Make Sure Everyone In California Has A Great Job. A Fantastic Job!

If You Want To Be A Champion You Cannot Have Any Kind Of An Outside Negative Force Coming In To Deflect You.

My Friend James Cameron And I Made Three Films Together - True Lies, The Terminator And Terminator 2. Of Course, That Was During His Early, Low-budget, Art-house Period.

I Think One Thing That Is Extremely Important Is To Connect With People In Order To Be Successful And Bring The People In So That They Become Your Partners.

Help Others And Give Something Back. I Guarantee You Will Discover That While Public Service Improves The Lives And The World Around You, Its Greatest Reward Is The Enrichment And New Meaning It Will Bring Your Own Life.

Every Year I Make A Plan. I Do It. It Will Be Done.

I Propose That A Teacher's Pay Be Tied To Merit, Not Tenure. And I Propose That A Teacher's Employment Be Tied To Performance, Not Just Showing Up.

As A Kid I Always Idolized The Winning Athletes. It Is One Thing To Idolize Heroes. It Is Quite Another To Visualize Yourself In Their Place. When I Saw Great People, I Said To Myself: I Can Be There.

If You Want To Turn A Vision Into Reality, You Have To Give 100% And Never Stop Believing In Your Dream.

Trust Yourself,..dig Deep Down And Ask Yourself Who You Want To Be? Not What, But Who?

The Pain That You Hold Is Yours. There Is Not A Single Pain Quite Like It. Nobody Else On God's Green Earth Can Feel This Pain, Or Have The Indescribable Feeling Of Pride You Will Have When You Overcome It. This Pain Is Not Your Curse; This Pain Is Your Privilege.

You'll Get More From Being A Peacemaker Than A Warrior.

The Biggest Problem That We Have Is That California Is Being Run Now By Special Interests. All Of The Politicians Are Not Anymore Making The Moves For The People, But For Special Interests And We Have To Stop That.

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The Best Activities For Your Health Are Pumping And Humping.

The Mind Is Incredible. Once You've Gained Mastery Over It, Channelling Its Powers Positively, For Your Purpose You Can Do Anything.

The Forest Fires Are The Worst Disaster In California Since I Was Elected.

As President, Reagan Worked Very Well With Democrats To Do Big Things. It Is True That He Worked To Reduce The Size Of Government And Cut Federal Taxes And He Eliminated Many Regulations, But He Also Raised Taxes When Necessary.

I Hate Pants. This Is Something I Have Inherited From My Father. He Despised Pants, And My Mother Was Never Allowed To Wear Them At Home. We're Talking About A Different Time Period Now, When The Man Was Much More The Ruler Of The House. But I Still Feel That Way, And Neither My Mother Nor Maria Is Allowed To Go Out With Me In Pants.

Here's What You Must Do. It's Pretty Simple, Really, But I Didn't Say Easy. It's What Sets Those Who Succeed Apart From Those Who Don't: You Must Have A Sincere And Burning Desire To Achieve What You Dream, Dedicate Yourself To Making Progress, And Take Control Of Your Circumstances To Change Your Body.

Luck Is For The Ill-prepared.

No Matter What You Do, You First Have To Have A Vision... To See Your Goal, To Believe In It, Have Faith In It And Chase It. And Then It's Fun To Chase It. If You Don't Have A Goal Or A Vision, Then You Have Nothing.

People Are Always Making A Fuss Over My $15-20-million Salaries. Believe Me, The Amount Is Meaningless Once My Wife, Maria, Finds Out About It. She's Already Spent Half Of My Salary From Terminator 7!

If You Can Go Through The Pain Period, You Make It To Be A Champion. If You Can't Go Through It, Forget It. And That's What Most People Lack: Having The Guts - The Guts To Go In And Just Say... "i Don't Care What Happens"

The Percentage Of Gays Is The Same, Probably, As Anywhere. Most Bodybuilders Are Straight, Regular Street Guys, Though A Lot Aren't Serious. Many In California Are Punks, Beach Bums Just Lying Around In The Sun And Maybe Collecting Unemployment.

With Maria Shriver, He Raised Four Fantastic Children. In The Wake Of A Scandal He Brought Upon Himself, He Tried To Keep His Family Together.

When You See A Blonde With Great Tits And A Great Ass, You Say To Yourself, 'hey, She Must Be Stupid Or Must Have Nothing Else To Offer', Which Maybe Is The Case Many Times. But Then Again There Is The One That Is As Smart As Her Breasts Look, Great As Her Face Looks... So People Are Shocked.

When I Was Playing Soccer At The Age Of 14, The First Thing We'd Do Before Going Out Onto The Field Would Be To Climb Up On One Another's Thighs And Massage The Legs; It Was A Regular Thing. None Of Us Had A Thought Of Being Gay, Absolutely Not, And It's The Same With Most Bodybuilders.

I Found A New Me. When I First Came Over To America, It Was Like, 'how Can I Be Rich? How Can I Build My Movie Career? How Can I Become The Most Muscular Man?' It Was All About Me, And Then There Was This Turn, And I Found It Was Really Great To Do This.

I Admired Hitler, For Instance, Because He Came From Being A Little Man With Almost No Formal Education, Up To Power. I Admire Him For Being Such A Good Public Speaker And For What He Did With It.

If You're In Touch With Your Body, You Certainly Have An Enormous Sexual Advantage. The Mind-body Connection Is The Same In Sex As It Is In Training.

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