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"Thirty-six years after coming to America, the man once known by fellow bodybuilders as the Austrian Oak was elected governor of California, the seventh largest economy in the world."
"With Maria Shriver, he raised four fantastic children. In the wake of a scandal he brought upon himself, he tried to keep his family together."
"I think Americans are very patriotic."
"I cannot - nor will not - be ordinary. I have to keep training and seeking and growing. I have to stay hungry. It is my will and so has become my nature."
"The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channelling its powers positively, for your purpose you can do anything."
"I came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time."
"We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government."
"The c**k isn't a muscle so it doesn't grow in relation to the shoulders, say, or the pectorals. You can't make it bigger through exercise, that's for sure."
"If I would do another 'Terminator' movie I would have Terminator travel back in time and tell Arnold not to have a special election."
"We have to make sure everyone in California has a great job. A fantastic job!"
"If they don't have the guts to come up here in front of you and say, 'I don't want to represent you, I want to represent those special interests, the unions, the trial lawyers ... if they don't have the guts, I call them girlie men."
"If I can sell tickets to my movies like Red Sonja or Last Action Hero, you know I can sell just about anything."
"When you see a blonde with great tits and a great ass, you say to yourself, 'Hey, she must be stupid or must have nothing else to offer', which maybe is the case many times. But then again there is the one that is as smart as her breasts look, great as her face looks... so people are shocked."
"Don't be economic Girlie-Men"
"Onstage I'm always different than offstage. I can be very friendly offstage, but onstage I will pull one trick after another on my competition to wipe him out, you know-because it's my living and I have to win. Franco is my best friend, but I will do as much as I can to make him look bad and make me look good."
"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 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?"
"What's fascinating is, people in Washington would rather spend time in Hollywood, and people in Hollywood would rather spend time in Washington."
"I propose that a teacher's pay be tied to merit, not tenure. And I propose that a teacher's employment be tied to performance, not just showing up."
"We want to make sure children aren't left without any books. We want to make sure our children have the books, that they have a place in the castle. We want to make sure that their mothers have affordable day care. We want to make sure we give the older people the care that they need."