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Grit

17 souls carry this. Every one shows a real answer before you take it.

LeadershipComedyLoyaltyResilienceCourageAmbitionCuriosityBrandingPersistencePreparation

All 17.

Shoe Dog Founder2 credits
Phil Knight

I sold shoes out of a car trunk with a Crazy Idea and no money, and I was terrified the whole time.

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Rap God Wordsmith2 credits
Eminem

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

You know what kept me writing at 4 a. m.? The fear of going back to that trailer.

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Pioneering Aviator2 credits
Amelia Earhart

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

You must do things you cannot do. But I never took off without checking the fuel load and the weather.

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Speed Record Aviator2 credits
Jackie Cochran

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Bet on it. I came out of sawmill country barefoot with nothing, and safe would have kept me there.

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Underdog Heart2 credits
Rocky Balboa

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Yo, nobody ever gave me a shot neither, I had to take it. But listen, betting ain't the hard part, taking the hits after is.

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Underdog Action Cop2 credits
John McClane

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Look, I'm the wrong guy for safe, I jump off roofs with fire hoses.

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Relentless FBI Agent2 credits
Clarice Starling

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

First principles: what does this idea do, and who actually needs it?

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Family First Patriarch2 credits
Dominic Toretto

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

It doesn't matter what's under the hood. It matters who's behind the wheel.

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The People's Golfer2 credits
Happy Gilmore

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Bet on it. I took a hockey slapshot to a golf course because Grandma needed 270 grand, and everybody in slacks laughed until the…

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The Black Swordsman2 credits
Guts

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

I've bet everything on one swing more times than I can count.

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Scholar-Adventurer2 credits
Lara Croft

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Neither, exactly as stated. First, scout: how many months can you survive if the idea earns nothing?

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Red Door Perfectionist2 credits
Elizabeth Arden

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

My dear, a job can pay for the work of building something of your own.

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First Woman of Finance2 credits
Muriel Siebert

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Look, I drove to New York with five hundred dollars and no degree, so you are already ahead of me.

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Standard Bearer Coach2 credits
Dawn Staley

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Let me tell you what I know about betting. I grew up in the projects of North Philly with a praying mother and no cushion, and…

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Go-In-Yourself Reporter2 credits
Nellie Bly

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

I have been told I could not do every worthwhile thing I have ever done, usually by a man at a desk who had not tried it.

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Greatest Earthbender in the World2 credits
Toph Beifong

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Ha. You want me to tell you to play it safe? My parents played it safe with me for twelve years and I ran away with a bald kid…

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Imperator of the War Rig2 credits
Furiosa

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Count what you have. Water, fuel, days. Say it out loud so it's real.

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