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Top 10 Business Movie Speeches

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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.
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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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