Keep Your Dreams by Arnold Schwarzenegger
執著於你的夢想 by 阿諾德·施瓦辛格
2005年11月16日，時任加州州長、在世界影壇被譽為“超級硬漢”的施瓦辛格來到清華大學發表演講。作為好萊塢傳奇影星，我們只看到了他輝煌的一面，卻忽略了他為夢想付出的努力。
All of this happened because of my dreams, even though other people told me that those dreams were bogus and they were crazy, but I held on to my dreams.
這一切的實現都是因為我的夢想，即使別人說我的那些夢想都是虛假而荒唐的，但是我仍堅持不懈。
And people would always say, no matter what, even in bodybuilding, they said I would never make it.
不管做什麼，人們總會說我不會成功，甚至在健美事業上也是如此。
And later on in the movies, in Hollywood they said I would not make it. They said, "You will never make it. You have a German accent. No one in Hollywood has ever made it with a German accent. Yeah, maybe you can play some Nazi roles or something like that, but you, cannot become a leading star with an accent.
後來，我在好萊塢拍電影，他們說，“你絕不可能成功，你一口德國音。在好萊塢還沒有一個說話帶德國音的人能成功的。扮演一些納粹角色或類似的角色你倒是可以，但說話帶德國口音的人想成為主角是不可能的。
Plus your body, you're over developed you have all these muscles. They did Hercules movies 20 years ago, that's outdated. Now it's Woody Allen. Woody Allen is in, his body is in. "
還有你的體形，一身肌肉，太過發達了！20年前他們是拍過大力士的影片，不過那早過時了。現在當紅的是伍邊·艾倫。伍迪·艾倫走紅，他的體型也走紅。
And those messages." And Al Pacino, the skinny guy, he is in. But not your body, it's too big. And your name, Schwarzenegger, it will never fit on a movie poster. Forget it. Forget it, you will never make it. Go back to bodybuilding. "
還有阿爾·帕西諾，那個充滿骨感關的傢伙也很走紅。再聽聽你的名字，施瓦辛格，根本不適合登在電影海報上。算了，算了，你不會成功的。還是回去搞你的健美運動去吧！”
Well, the rest is history. After Terminator III, I became the highest paid movie star in Hollywood. And let me tell you something, it continued on.
這些都成了往事。演完《終結者III》之後，我成了好萊塢片酬最高的影星。但外界的質疑從未中斷過。
Even when I ran for governor, people said, "Arnold, you will never make it. You will never become governor of California. What do you know about government?" Well, the fact is, I knew exactly as much about government as the rest of the people knew in California, which is that government is out of touch and it's out of sync with the people, and it needed a shakeup.
我競選州長時還有人說，“阿諾，你不會成功的，你永遠當不上加州州長。你對政治了解多少？”而事實上，我對政治的瞭解絕不亞於加利福尼亞的其他人，知道政府高高在上，與人民群眾相脫離，需要進行改革。
So I didn't listen to all those people that said I would never make it. I continued campaigning, I listened to my dreams, and the rest also is history. I became governor.
我沒把那些說我不能成功的人的話放在心上，我依然參加於競選。我相信自己的夢想，其餘的都已成昨日黃花。我最終當上了州長。
So always it just carried me on, those dreams. So bodybuilding gave me the confidence, movies gave me the money, and pubic service and being a governor gave me a purpose larger than myself.
因此，那些夢想總引導著我不斷向前——健美運動給了我信心，拍攝電影給了我財富，而公共服務和當州長讓我有了更大的目標。
And that is the brief story of my dreams and a brief story of my early life, and how my dreams made me successful.
這就是關於我的夢想和我的平期生活的簡短故事，以及我的夢想如何使我獲得了成功。
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