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What is your favorite inspirational speech from a movie?

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mike | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Hands down, Gary Busey's speech from Surviving the Game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-nVb0JaKJY

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jasoncalacanis | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

Wow... what a speech!

I refer to that as my birthmark. On my 8th birthday, my dad bought me this bulldog, this fat little bulldog. I named him Prince Henry Stout, he was strong. He would chase my pet turkey; he would chase squirrels up the trees. I trained him, I raised him, I fed him, I groomed him, I took care of him, I loved that dog, I loved that dog. More than anything in the world, I loved that dog. My father gave me a hand full of cherry bombs and M-80s and said, “You’re going to train this dog to be a protector.” So every Saturday afternoon I got behind this little dummy my dad built and I’d toss these cherry bombs and M-80s at the dog, “Boom BOOM.” The dog was scared at first but after a while, he would get angry and he would come at the dummy, “Raaw” he’d get the dummy and rip it apart. Head was off, shirt was off. So, 13 years old, birthday time, got me a 12-gauge shotgun. “We’re going hunting” I was so excited. We went out to a clearing in the woods, he laid his gun down took my gun and laid it down and said, “Son today you’re going to learn to control you’re emotions. You’re gonna do things that some men are unable and unwilling to do, follow me.” So I follow my dad we go around these lumps of trees and there’s this little kraal built, there’s Prince Henry Stout chained in the middle of the kraal. My dad takes out a pocket full of cherry bombs and puts them in my hand and says, “Get in the kraal, here’s a lighter, I want you to light those cherry bombs and then throw them at the Prince. You’re gonna face manhood, you’re gonna fight that dog to the death. He’s gonna kill you or you’re gonna kill him…. NOW!" Whip oooo BOOM. Naaaa! He was on me. He was on me like flies on shit. I had no chance. I got my arm up in between his teeth and my neck, Womp! Went down in the mud, rolled over, rolled over. That dog is fighting and biting and kicking and scratching, I’m screaming and crying, I grab him around the head, I stand up, Raaw pow! I fall on him with my weight on it, “Naawoo” I hear his neck break. He’s dead. He’s not breathing. He’s not yelping, he’s not biting. I’m covered with blood. I stand up, I wipe the blood off, I lick it. My dad says, “Welcome to manhood.” That’s why this is a birthmark.

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lon | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Definitely Stanley's stirring words from Weird Al's "UHF." Life is, indeed, like a mop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9W-smdTVjA

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jasoncalacanis | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

Genius.... I've never seen this before--or the movie--but I'm sold!

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evan | 3 years, 5 months ago
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This is definitely my favorite... And definitely full of NSFW language!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6rDeOojFXk


Why? Because through all the vulgarity, it's so very true. That's why I like South Park and Trey Parker/Matt Stone so much.

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jennydeluxe | 3 years, 5 months ago
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The St. Crispin's day speech from Henry V.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvmLDkAgAM


There' s just something about the concept of "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers..." that resonates deeply.

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mrbabyman | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

Very few can top the Bard for true gravitas.

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jonathan h | 3 years, 5 months ago
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jasoncalacanis | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/t/time-to-kill-script-transcript.html

Now, I had a great
summation all worked out...

...full of some sharp lawyering..

...but I’m not doing it.

I’m here to apologize.

I am young, and I am inexperienced.

But you cannot...

...hold Carl Lee Hailey responsible...

...for my shortcomings.

In all this legal maneuvering...

...something got lost.

That something is the truth.

It is incumbent upon us lawyers...

...not to just talk about the truth...

...but to actually seek it...

...to find it, to live it.

My teacher taught me that.

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andy | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

Here's another McConaughey classic inspirational speech:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo4kDrWBa6c

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markjeffrey | 3 years, 5 months ago
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This, of course, is definitely up there with the best of them :)
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jasoncalacanis | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

You might like this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6TxjSscNLg

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jasoncalacanis | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

PUT THAT COFFEE DOWN!

COFFEE'S FOR CLOSERS--ONLY.

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andy | 3 years, 5 months ago
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"I'm a Nerd and I'm pretty proud of it!"
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jasoncalacanis | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

NERDS!!!

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darcy logan | 3 years, 5 months ago
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I have always liked Robin William's speech in Dead Poet's Society reminding people to Sieze the Day.

I've used it when I taught the concept to in Senior English class.
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jennybeanses | 3 years, 5 months ago
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My favorite inspirational speech is when Sarah realizes her own worth and empowerment in the Labyrinth. The best parts are when David Bowie tells her how generous he's been to her. "I ask so little, just let me rule you and you can have everything that you want." It's like battling an addiction, even though the basic premise is just that Sarah needs to grow up and stop relying on her fantasies to get her through. It's an inspirational awakening.
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