“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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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“When you have a well developed body and you're confident, you see people bending your way, wanting to be on your side, wanting to do things for you.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“So is that what’s important to you? To be able to freeze in the middle of a scene and to have somebody give you your line? Wouldn’t it be much better to go through Africa and show them how to dig wells and how to make vegetables grow and inspire them to plant?”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“He had a voice you couldn't miss: strong and penetrating with strange vowels that sounded different from the accents of other English speakers even to me. I later discovered that he was Canadian.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“learning to think, read, and write like an American. I didn’t want to just wait till I picked it up. One weekend a couple”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“As we get older the muscle structure tends to atrophy at a faster and faster rate. The ideal remedy for this is bodybuilding.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Always keep in mind that training stimulates growth, but that actual growth takes place while you are resting.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The years with Barbara taught me a great lesson: how having a good relationship can enrich your life.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“My fellow Republicans acted like they’d been punched in the stomach. “You have them on the ropes, go in for the kill!” they said. This was my first real taste of the new Republican ideology that any compromise is a sign of weakness.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“In weeks that followed, I refined this vision until it was very specific. I was going to go for the Mr. Universe title; I was going to break records in power lifting; I was going to Hollywood; I was going to be like Reg Park. The vision became so clear in my mind that I felt like it had to happen. There was no alternative; it was this or nothing. My mother noticed right away that something was different. I was coming home with a big smile. I told her that I was training, and she could see I found joy in becoming stronger.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“in my opinion, Pullover machines are among the most valuable exercise machines you will find in a gym.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
