Frasi di Arnold Schwarzenegger

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“Quando ero sulla mia via per il podio, un uomo mi fermò e mi disse che ero un bravo politico tanto quanto ero un bravo attore. Che colpo basso!”

“Penso che il matrimonio gay debba essere solo tra un uomo e una donna.”

“Credo che la soddisfazione maggiore che si possa avere in una palestra sia sentire la "pompa". Quando ci si esercita con i bicipiti e si sente il sangue scorrere dentro i muscoli […] sembra quasi che la pelle debba esplodere da un momento all'altro […] è una cosa fantastica. Per me allenarmi è come raggiungere l'orgasmo. Sì, gonfiare i muscoli è come andare a letto con una donna.”

“Quando ero un bambino vidi la terra socialista che diventò l'Austria con la fine del periodo sovietico. Amo l'Austria e amo la gente austriaca – ma ho sempre saputo che l'America era il posto adatto a me. A scuola, quando la maestra parlava dell'America, sognavo ad occhi aperti di venire qui. Sedevo per ore guardando pietrificato film americani dei miei eroi come John Wayne. Tutto ciò che riguardava l'america mi sembrava così grande, così aperto, così possibile.”

“Ehi, amico… Serve un taxi?
- Che ha che non va quello?
- Lui non ha cinque figli da sfamare!”

“Alla fine sono arrivato qui [negli Stati Uniti] nel 1968. Avevo le tasche vuote, ma ero pieno di sogni. Le elezioni presidenziali del 1968 erano nel pieno dell'azione. Ricordo di aver guardato alla tv il dibattito tra Richard Nixon e Hubert H. Hunphrey. Un amico, che parlava inglese e tedesco, tradusse per me. Sentii Hunphrey parlare di cose che assomigliavano al socialismo che avevo appena lasciato. Ma poi ho sentito parlare Nixon. Stava discutendo di libera iniziativa, aumentare la sicurezza, abbassare le tasse, e rafforzare le forze militari. Ascoltare Nixon parlare sembrava più una boccata d'aria fresca. Dissi al mio amico, "di che partito è?" e il mio amico rispose "è Repubblicano" e io dissi "e allora sono un repubblicano anch'io!" e lo sono stato da allora. E fidatevi, la famiglia di mia moglie [Kennedy], è un ottimo risultato. Sono orgoglioso di far parte del partito di Abraham Lincoln, il partito di Theodore Roosvelt, il partito di Ronald Reagan e al partito di George W. Bush.”

“Amici immigrati, amici americani, come si fa a sapere se si è Repubblicani? Vi dirò come. Se credete che il governo dovrebbe essere responsabile verso il popolo, e non il popolo verso il governo, allora siete Repubblicani! Se credete che una persona dovrebbe essere trattata come un individuo, e non come membro di un gruppo di interesse, allora siete Repubblicani! Se credete che la vostra famiglia sappia spendere meglio i vostri soldi di quanto non faccia il governo, allora siete Repubblicani! Se credete che il nostro sistema dovrebbe diventare responsabile del progresso dei nostri figli, allora siete Repubblicani! Se credete che questo stato, e non le Nazioni Unite, sia la miglior speranza di democrazia nel mondo, allora siete Repubblicani! E, signore e signori, se credete che dobbiamo essere feroci e inflessibili e terminare il terrorismo, allora siete Repubblicani! C'è un'altra via che vi permette di dire che siete repubblicani. Avete fede in nella libera iniziativa, fede nella pienezza di risorse della gente americana, e fede nell'economia degli Stati Uniti.”

“Circa il 28% dei gas serra è causato dagli allevamenti intensivi. So che essere completamente vegetariani è impegnativo, ma le proteine della carne possono essere sostituite in diversi modi. [«E per i body builders?»] Conosco tanti atleti vegetariani, per sembrare Terminator non bisogna per forza mangiare carne.”

“Marijuana… That's not a drug, that's a plant.”

“Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.”

“If I can see it and believe it, then I can achieve it.”

“What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?”

“Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.”

“Stop whining.”

“I was also going to give a graduation speech in Arizona this weekend. But with my accent, I was afraid they would try to deport me.”

“My fellow immigrants, my fellow Americans how do you know if you are a Republican? I’ll tell you how. If you believe that government should be accountable to the people, not the people to the government, then you are a Republican! If you believe a person should be treated as an individual, not as a member of an interest group, then you are a Republican! If you believe your family knows how to spend your money better than the government does, then you are a Republican! If you believe our educational system should be held accountable for the progress of our children, then you are a Republican! If you believe this country, not the United Nations, is the best hope of democracy in the world, then you are a Republican! If you believe that the American Dream can be reachable if you work hard enough to earn it, then you are a Republican! And, ladies and gentlemen, if you believe we must be fierce and relentless and terminate terrorism, then you are a Republican! There is another way you can tell you’re a Republican. You have faith in free enterprise, faith in the resourcefulness of the American people, and faith in the U. S. economy.”

“I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman.”

“There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.”

“Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.”

“Just like in bodybuilding, failure is also a necessary experience for growth in our own lives, for if we're never tested to our limits, how will we know how strong we really are? How will we ever grow?”

“If it can bleed, we can kill it.”

“Eventually there was a split between my parents about me. My mother obviously knew what was going on with me and the girls my friends lined up. She never came out and said anything directly, but she let me know she was concerned. Things were different between me and my father. He assumed that when I was eighteen, I would just go into the Army and they would straighten me out. He accepted some of the things my mother condemned. He felt it was perfectly all right to make out with all the girls I could. In fact, he was proud I was dating the fast girls. He bragged about them to his friends. 'Jesus Christ, you should see some of the women my son's coming up with'. He was showing off, of course. But still, our whole relationship had changed because I'd established myself by winning a few trophies and now had some girls. He was particularly excited about the girls. And he liked the idea that I didn't get involved. 'That's right, Arnold', he'd say, as though he'd had endless experience, 'never be fooled by them'. That continued to be an avenue of communication between us for a couple of years. In fact, the few nights I took girls home when I was on leave from the Army, my father was always very pleasant and would bring out a bottle of wine and a couple of glasses.”

“I love him and Maria does too, and so thank you, Kurt.”

“I play the Terminator, but you guys are the true terminators.”

“For the first time since I became a citizen in 1983, I will not vote for the Republican candidate for President. Like many Americans, I’ve been conflicted by this election – I still haven’t made up my mind about how exactly I will vote next month. But as proud as I am to label myself a Republican, there is one label that I hold above all else – American. So I want to take a moment today to remind my fellow Republicans that it is not only acceptable to choose your country over your party – it is your duty.”

“My fellow Americans, I want you to know that I believe with all my heart that America remains the great idea that inspires the world. It's a privilege to be born here. It's an honor to become a citizen here. It's a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here. Our president, George W. Bush, has worked hard to protect and preserve the American dream for all of us. And that's why I say, send him back to Washington for four more years!”

“I have a message to the neo-Nazis, to the white nationalists, and to the neo-Confederates: Your heroes are losers. You are supporting a lost cause. And believe me, I knew the original Nazis, because you see, I was born in Austria in 1947, shortly after the Second World War. And growing up, I was surrounded by broken men, men who came home from a war filled with shrapnel and guilt, men who were misled into a losing ideology. And I can tell you: that these ghosts you idolize spent the rest of their lives living in shame and right now, they’re resting in hell.”

“I don't worry about it, because I never took an overdosage.”

“Yes, his father was a Nazi; yes, he has been a consistent supporter and friend of renowned Nazi Kurt Waldheim. All right, so what if the rumors--confirmed for SPY by a businessman and longtime friend of Arnold's--that in the 1970s he enjoyed playing and giving away records of Hitler's speeches are true?”

“Anyway, my fellow Americans, this is an amazing moment for me. To think that a once-scrawny boy from Austria could grow up to become governor of the state of California and then stand here…then stand here in Madison Square Garden and speak on behalf of the president of the United States -- that is an immigrant's dream. It is the American dream.”

“Why not? With my way of thinking, you always shoot for the top.”

“In those days you didn't have to deal with the black market. You could go to your physician and just say, 'Listen, I want to gain some weight, and I want to take something.' Then the physician would say, 'Do it six weeks before competition, then it will be safe.' And that's what you would do. The dosage that was taken then versus taken now is not even 10 percent. It's probably 5 percent.”

“This is like winning an Oscar!… As if I would know! Speaking of acting, one of my movies was called True Lies. And that’s what the Democrats should have called their convention.”

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

“We simply must do everything we can in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late… The science is clear. The global warming debate is over.”

“Going through the pain barrier, that's what makes the muscles grow. There's this pain, this aching, and going on and on and on. That's what divides a champion from a non-champion - having the guts to go through the pain barrier.”

“Arnold did not see Goyette again until fourteen years later, in 1989
Goyette says that the coupled renewed their relationship, meeting every spring
Goyette says the relationship continued generally no more than once a year until 1996”