The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 4 October 1984
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I was 15 years old and I looked in the mirror. I was standing there in front of the mirror, totally naked. There was one particular part of my body that was bigger than the rest of it. I'm a man of perfection, and so I said to myself, 'I've got to bring the rest of the body up to the standard of this one part.' And so that's when I started exercising. Very simple.
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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About Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born 30 July 1947) is an Austrian-born American actor, Republican politician, bodybuilder, businessman, who was the 38th Governor of California.
About Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born 30 July 1947) is an Austrian-born American actor, Republican politician, bodybuilder, businessman, who was the 38th Governor of California.
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