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Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

Former Governor of California
Born On
1947-07-30
Birth Place
Thal
Birth Sign
leo
Father
Gustav Schwarzenegger
Mother
Aurelia Jadrny Schwarzenegger
Spouse
Barbara Outland Baker, Maria Shriver (m. 1986; div. 2011)
Nationality
Austrian
Education
Santa Monica College, 1979 - University of Wisconsin–Superior
"I'll be back" said the famous character from the blockbuster flick "The Terminator" and little did the cast and crew know that the catchphrase will become so popular. This legendary line found a spot on the American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Movie Quotes" list. When Arnold Schwarzenegger was given the line, the actor recounts that he had difficulty in pronouncing the word I'll. He approached director James Cameron and asked if he could change it to 'I will be back', adding that a robot will not use the contracted form. Hearing this, a furious Cameron retorted, "I don't correct your acting, so don't correct my f------ writing. What's the matter with you, Arnold?" The phrase has since then become a sort of identity of the "Terminator" star Arnold and he has used it frequently in many of his movies, including "Commando", "Jingle All the Way" and "The Expendables 2". Despite hailing from a modest family, Arnold was a self-made millionaire by the time he was 30. In 2003, he was appointed the Governor of California and he completed two terms before leaving office in 2011. The same year, he also separated from Maria Shriver, his wife of twenty-five years. He took the separation too hard and Maria advised him to seek counseling. Though the actor complied, he has said that it was the biggest mistake of his life. "... It was the biggest mistake I've ever made because that guy was so full of sh--." However, the actor also maintains that he has nothing against psychiatrists and opines that "I think people should get help when they need help ... I'm not against that, but in my particular case it was not helpful." This legendary actor turned politician has uttered a few golden words not only in his movies but also in real life. These quotes by Arnold will surely inspire you to take any challenges in life head on.

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

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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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Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

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The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy.

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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.

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Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.

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Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

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The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

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The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

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Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

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What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

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Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

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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.

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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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I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.

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It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat.

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Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.

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I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.

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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.

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My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.

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If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

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I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem?

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I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun.

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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.

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Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

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Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

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If it bleeds, we can kill it.

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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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As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.

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If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget.

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I think Americans are very patriotic.

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I didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.

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I made my fair share of mistakes.

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I'll be back.

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As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.

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I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.

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My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.

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You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.

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In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.

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You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, keep me waiting for hours - as long as what ends up on the screen is perfect.

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Political courage is not political suicide.

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Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

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The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important.

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I'm not perfect.

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I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.

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Maria is the best reason to come home.

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I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government.

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My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

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For 20 years, Simon & Schuster asked me, 'Why don't you write your autobiography?'

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In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born. It doesn't make any difference who your parents were. It doesn't make any difference if, like me, you couldn't even speak English until you were in your twenties.

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I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.

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Teddy Roosevelt is still a hero among environmentalists for his conservationist policies.

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Well, you know, I'm the forever optimist.

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It's time to stop thinking of the Republican Party as an exclusive club where your ideological card is checked at the door, and start thinking about how we can attract more solution-based leaders like Nathan Fletcher and Anthony Adams.

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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 welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.

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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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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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I had this child, and it destroyed my family.

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To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

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I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers.

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Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

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There is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America.

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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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I told Warren if he mentions Prop. 13 one more time, he has to do 500 push-ups.

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Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state.

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I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.

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I have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences.

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I was striving to be the most muscular man, and it got me into the movies. It got me everything that I have.

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'I'll be back' always sounded a little girly to me.

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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.

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What's fascinating is, people in Washington would rather spend time in Hollywood, and people in Hollywood would rather spend time in Washington.

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Politically there were failures. And also on the personal level, there were tremendous failures.

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I have inhaled, exhaled everything.

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I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body.

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Women are the engine driving the growth in California's economy. Women make California's economy unique.

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One of my movies was called 'True Lies.' It's what the Democrats should have called their convention.

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People should make up their own mind about what they think of me.

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People need to be insured so when you have an accident out there, or when something catastrophic happens to you, that you're covered and there's not someone else has to pay for you. That is as simple as that.

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I'm sure a lot of people out there make mistakes.

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I'm not looking for sympathy at all.

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I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

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Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in.

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We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.

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I would never exchange my life with anybody else's.

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Even with my divorce and with everything, I don't need money.

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I was born in Europe... and I've traveled all over the world. I can tell you that there is no place, no country, that is more compassionate, more generous, more accepting, and more welcoming than the United States of America.

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I think that people are interested seeing me on the screen.

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I'm addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day.

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I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.

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I came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time.

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I went from being the Terminator to being the governator.

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When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.

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If my life was a movie, no one would believe it.

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I don't suffer of anything that I've lost.

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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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