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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.

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My Friend James Cameron

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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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.

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I Have A Good Sense Of My Body In A Bathing Suit Around People Who Appreciate What I'm Doing, Like A Contest. Then I'm Proud. On Television I Am Proud. But On A Beach Most People Are Not Experts. The General Public Doesn't Know How To Look. How Proud Can You Be When They Don't Even Know What They're Looking At?

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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.

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If I See A Girl With Big Tits, I'm Going To Stare And Stare. And I'm Going To Think In My Mind What I Am Going To Do With Her If I Would Have Her.

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When I Was 15 Years Old I Felt Totally Confident I Would Become A World Champion And The Greatest Bodybuilder In The World. The Same Was True Of Show Business - I Knew That One Day I Would Make More Money Than Anyone Else In The Industry And I Did. For That You Need The Willingness To Work And Do Everything It Takes To Make The Vision Turn Into Reality.

I Did Smoke A Joint And I Did Inhale. The Bottom Line Is That's What It Was In The '70s, That's What I Did.

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People Should Make Up Their Own Mind About What They Think Of Me.

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For Me Life Is Continuously Being Hungry. The Meaning Of Life Is Not Simply To Exist, To Survive, But To Move Ahead, To Go Up, To Achieve, To Conquer.

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Through Discipline, And Determination One Can Change Anything And Everything About Him - His Habits, His Outlook On Life

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Start Wide, Expand Further, And Never Look Back.

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It Doesn't Matter What The Income Level Of Your Family Is, Or If English Is The First Or Second Language. It Makes No Difference. The Bottom Line Is That Every Child Can Be An Academic Champion, An Academic Champion And A Superstar In Academics.

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The Success I Have Achieved In Bodybuilding, Motion Pictures, And Business Would Not Have Been Possible Without The Generosity Of The American People And The Freedom Here To Pursue Your Dreams.

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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.

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.

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