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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.

-Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

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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.

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Obviously, I've Made Statements That Were Ludicrous And Crazy And Outrageous And All Those Things, Because That's The Way I Always Was.

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Training Gives Us An Outlet For Suppressed Energies Created By Stress And Thus Tones The Spirit Just As Exercise Conditions The Body.

Motivational Sports

I Was Born To Be A Leader. I Love The Fact That Millions Of People Look Up To Me.

The Body Is Very Important, But The Mind Is More Important Than The Body

There Are No Shortcuts—everything Is Reps, Reps, Reps.

Motivational Sports

You Act Like A Normal Human Being And You Treat Them [actors Around] Like A Buddy Because You're All Working Together. It's No Different Than Being Governor. You Put A Team Together And Say, "guys, We All Want To Shine Here. We All Want To Show That This Administration Is Going To Do Things That Other Administrations Have Thought Was Impossible. Let's Kick Some Ass Together."

I'm Not On A Health Kick. I Know I Should Take Vitamins, For Example, But I Forget Half The Time. I Just Can't Be Bothered Carrying Around A Lot Of Little Bottles.

Within Five Years, He Had Learned English And Become The Greatest Bodybuilder In The World.

Success In Life

I Think That People Are Interested Seeing Me On The Screen.

The Public Doesn't Care About Figures.

I Am Absolutely Ecstatic About It, ... To Say You Are One Of The 50 Favorite Villains And One Of The 50 Favorite Heroes In The History Of American Motion Pictures, That Is Unbelievable, And I Felt Very Honored.

Motion Pictures

Climate Change: I Say The Debate Is Over. We Know The Science, We See The Threat And We Know That The Time For Action Is Now

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

It's The Most Important Decision I've Had To Make Since 1978 When I Decided To Get Abikini Wax. [on His Running For California Governor]

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.

One Of My Movies Was Called 'true Lies.' It's What The Democrats Should Have Called Their Convention.

Mistakes Are Made In Every Other Human Endeavor. Why Should Nuclear Weapons Be Exempt?

There Are Bodybuilders Who Are Afraid Of Indulging In Sex Or Even Of Playing Other Sports For Fear Of Harming Their Bodies. I Think That's Silly. What's The Use Of Building Your Body If You Don't Use It?

In Our Society, The Women Who Break Down Barriers Are Those Who Ignore Limits.

One Thing Arnold Schwarzenegger Isn't Is Self-effacing. Everything Has To Be The Biggest. His Money, His Muscles, His Movies And His Machines.

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