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Business is war.

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Have I got your attention now?

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Welcome to WatchMojo.com,

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and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 business movie speeches.

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the trouble is you don't realize that you are talking to two people.

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I symphathize with you. Charles Foster is a scoundrel.

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As Charles Foster Kane, Orson Welles undergoes a striking change

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from a hero of the workingman to a mogul pursuing power ruthlessly.

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People would think...

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...what I tell them to think.

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Knowing what we do about that transformation,

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his most important monologue comes near the beginning of the film.

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On the other hand, I'm the publisher of the Enquirer.

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It's also my pleasure. You see,

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He explains his split interests are the reason he's the only man

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who can fight for the little guy.

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His closing lines shut his opponent down completely.[br]

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You're right, Mr. Thatcher, I did lose a million dollars last year.

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I expect to lose a million dollars this year.

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I expect to lose a million dollars next year.

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You know, Mr. Thatcher, the rate of a million dollars a year,

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I'll have to close this place in 60 years.

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Are you enjoying this?

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It's a film that showcases the roller-coaster ride that is the drug business,

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and the speech in question is a passing-of-the-torch between the old and new guard.

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This monkey business is in your blood.

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Outlining what he calls the facts of life, Eddie Temple points out how,

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while you start at the bottom, you will slowly-but-surely move to the top.

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Not only is this an effective speech, it also explains the title of the film.

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Frank Lucas is quickly proving his worth as a Harlem-based drug kingpin,

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keeping his extravagances to a minimum to stay off the cops' radar.

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Along the way, he's learned valuable lessons about business

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and he imparts that advice to his colleagues while sitting down for a quick bite in a diner.

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Then he goes and caps a guy in the broad daylight.

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Guess he's somebody.

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For career-firer, career-loner and motivational speaker Ryan Bingham, life is a backpack –

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a motif which also serves as the theme of Bingham's lectures.

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Explaining it so anyone can relate,

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Bingham reveals how freeing it is to rid yourself of worldly belongings.

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Later, the speech expands,

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and Bingham expounds the benefits of eliminating not only possessions

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but also people from your life.

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Cynical? Yes, but it’s a good speech nonetheless.

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Chris Gardner was going through the toughest times of his life,

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struggling to stay afloat and trying to become a stockbroker despite his meager existence.

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When his son reveals his dream of becoming a pro basketball player,

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Gardner tells him that's an unlikely goal not worth pursuing.

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However, upon further thought, he decides no one can tell anyone what ambitions to follow,

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and that hard work always pays off.

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His son ended up one of the U.S.' youngest and most prolific con artists,

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but that doesn't mean he can’t spin a mean yarn about the importance of hard work.

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Frank Abagnale Sr., portrayed by the peerless Christopher Walken, is honored by his rotary club,

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so he uses the opportunity to tell a short allegory about the rewards of not giving up.

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Looks like Junior took those words to heart.

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The SoCal oil boom is the setting of this film, and of several notable Daniel Day-Lewis speeches.

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But the most unforgettable is when his character, successful oil tycoon Daniel Plainview,

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explains to his longtime nemesis that he'd outsmarted him by sucking a disputed oil well dry,

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without his knowledge.

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Using a simple and almost inappropriately cheerful metaphor,

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Plainview condescends to and humiliates his foe for one final time.

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If it seems too good to be true, it probably is:

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that's the lesson Seth Davis learns after embarking on a career with a shady brokerage firm.

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As one of the company's founders,

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Ben Affleck's Jim inspires his recruits with the promise of wealth,

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happiness and, did we mention wealth?

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But it's not all sports cars, big houses and women;

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Young makes clear that every call is hard work.

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This film details 80s excess, both on and off Wall Street –

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and its most famous speech summarizes that message.

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Spoken by Gordon Gekko to inspire a group of shareholders,

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this monologue gets a bad rap, even though – as Gekko claims –

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it's greed that built the U.S.:

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Dream big and grab every opportunity that comes your way, he says.

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And that's something that applies to everyone, not only power brokers.

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Before we unveil our number one pick, here are a few honorable mentions:

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Hired to motivate some lackluster salesmen,

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Alec Baldwin grabs attention immediately

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and proceeds with one of Hollywood's most epic speeches.

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At seven-minutes-long, it's the longest monologue on our list:

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it's also the most intimidating, profane, and badass,

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as Baldwin's Blake delivers the ABCs of sales and tells his prey to go big or go home.

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With help from some perfectly timed props,

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he inspires these deadbeats to close – or to quit.

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Do you agree with our list?

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Which business movie speech makes you want make all the money?

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My offer is this. Nothing.

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