“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
“If you want to turn a vision into reality, you have to give 100% and never stop believing in your dream.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“It turns out that the governor of California has more authority to name appointees than any elected official in America except the president of the United States and the mayor of Chicago.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“I love it when people say that something can’t be done. That’s when I really get motivated; I like to prove them wrong.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Try to keep your rest periods between sets down to a minute or less. In the first minute after a weight-training exercise you recover 72 percent of your strength, and by 3 minutes you have recovered all you are going to recover without extended rest.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“I always believed in shooting for the top, and to become an American is like becoming a member of the winning team.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“In the past, before the physiology of abdominal training was well understood, bodybuilders used to do a lot of “conventional” abdominal exercises such as Sit-Ups and Leg Raises. Unfortunately, those are not primary abdominal exercises but instead work the iliopsoas muscles—the hip flexors.”
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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
“Forget plan B. To test yourself and grow, you have to operate without a safety net.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
