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We Simply Must Do Everything We Can In Our Power To Slow Down Global Warming Before It Is Too Late. We Can Save Our Planet And Also Boost Our Economy At The Same Time.

-Arnold Schwarzenegger

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We Simply Must Do Everything We Can In Our Power To Slow Down Global Warming Before It Is Too Late. We Can Save Our Planet And Also Boost Our Economy At The Same Time.

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No Matter The Nationality, No Matter The Religion, No Matter The Ethnic Background, America Brings Out The Best In People.

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Don't Be Afraid Of Making Decisions.

Making Decisions

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?

I Can Look At A Chick Who's A Little Out Of Shape And If She Turns Me On, I Won't Hesitate To Date Her. If She's A Good F**k She Can Weigh 150 Pounds, I Don't Care.

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.

There Is Nothing Like Chess To Keep The Brain Smart, And Give It A Workout.

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

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Normal People Can Be Happy With A Regular Life, But There Is More To Life Than Just Plodding Through An Average Existence.

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

What's Fascinating Is, People In Washington Would Rather Spend Time In Hollywood, And People In Hollywood Would Rather Spend Time In Washington.

This Is The Only Place That I Don't Feel Out Of Place, Because Everyone Here Is Out Of Place.

My Body Is Like Breakfast, Lunch, And Dinner. I Don't Think About It, I Just Have It.

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

69 Percent Of The People Want Our Politicians To Work Together. And I Think This Should Be A Message To Democrats And Republicans To Work Together. And This Is Why People Are Very Upset About Washington Today.

I Can Promise You That When I Go To Sacramento I Will Pump Up Sacramento.

For The Hundreds Of Thousands Of Californians In Gay And Lesbian Households Who Are Managing Their Day-to-day Lives, This Decision Affirms The Full Legal Protections And Safeguards I Believe Everyone Deserves.

The Arabs Are Terrorists And Israel Is Making The World A Safer Place.well Done Israel.

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"

I Was Always Dreaming About Very Powerful People. Dictators And Things Like That. I Was Always Impressed By People Who Could Be Remembered For Hundreds Of Years. Even Like Jesus, Being Remembered For Thousands Of Years.

All Exercises That You Do With Your Own Bodyweight Are Great.

I Set Out To Be The Best And I Am.

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.

You've Got To Believe In Yourself, You've Got To Have A Very Clear Vision, And You've Got Have The Fire In The Belly And Go Out And Not Be Shy With Working Because It Takes A Lot Of Work.

Pain Makes Me Grow. Growing Is What I Want. Therefore, For Me Pain Is Pleasure.

The Secret Of Success Is To Make Your Mind Work For You - Not Against You. This Means Constantly Being Positive, Constantly Setting Up Challenges You Can Meet - Either Today, Next Week, Or Next Month Etc.

If It's Hard To Remember, It'll Be Difficult To Forget.

If I Train The Hardest, Run The Longest, Go Beyond What Anyone Else Has The Mental Determination To Do, I Will Be The Winner.

The Secret Is Contained In A Three-part Formula I Learned In The Gym: Self Confidence, A Positive Mental Attitude, And Honest Hard Work.

Self Confidence

When You Campaign And Have To Participate In So Many Debates Just To The Win The Nomination Of Your Party, You've Had A Lot Of Practice. You Get To Figure Out As You Go From One Debate To Another Where You Made Your Mistakes. By The Time You Get To The Big Debate You're Pretty Polished.

Most Bodybuilders Only Have A Hazy Notion Of What They Want To Look Like. They Do Not Say, 'i Am Going To Be A Winner.' The Negative Impulses Around The Gym Can Be Incredible. I Would Hear Bodybuilders Complaining, 'oh,no! Not Another Set!' That Destroyed Them. I Have Always Believed That If You're Training For Nothing, You're Wasting Your Effort!

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.

The Worst Thing I Can Be Is The Same As Everybody Else. I Hate That.

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And Now, Of Course This Is Another Thing I Didn't Count On, That Now As The Governor Of The State Of California, I Am Selling California Worldwide. You See That? Selling.

Good Things Don't Happen By Coincidence. Every Dream Carries With It Certain Risks, Especially The Risk Of Failure. But I Am Not Stopped By Risks. Supposed A Great Person Takes The Risk And Fails. Then The Person Must Try Again. You Cannot Fail Forever. If You Try Ten Times, You Have A Better Chance Of Making It On The Eleventh Try Than If You Didn't Try At All.

I Will Not Change. Because If You Are Successful And You Change, You Are An Idiot.

Luck Is For The Ill-prepared.

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