"I have inhaled, exhaled everything"
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The phrasing does a lot of work. "Inhaled, exhaled" is clean and rhythmic, almost meditative, but the punch is "everything" - totalizing, slightly ridiculous, unmistakably Schwarzenegger. That exaggeration is the point. His public persona has always treated self-making as something you can will into existence through repetition: one more rep, one more audition, one more campaign speech. Breath becomes a metaphor for discipline, for endurance, for having been in every room and survived every reinvention.
There’s also an unspoken cheekiness. Coming from a bodybuilding icon and action star, "inhaled" can’t help but flirt with the culture around performance: supplements, hype, the machinery of fame, the literal air of arenas and soundstages. The line suggests he’s sampled the whole ecosystem - glamour and grit, adoration and scrutiny - and is still here, still breathing, still selling the idea that experience is something you metabolize into power.
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Schwarzenegger, Arnold. (2026, January 17). I have inhaled, exhaled everything. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-inhaled-exhaled-everything-29930/
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Schwarzenegger, Arnold. "I have inhaled, exhaled everything." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-inhaled-exhaled-everything-29930/.
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"I have inhaled, exhaled everything." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-inhaled-exhaled-everything-29930/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.






