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Alec Baldwin - Best performance

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The famous Alec Baldwin monologue from the film Glengarry Glen Ross, where his character Blake berates salesmen with the 'Always Be Closing' speech. It is a short, profane scene about sales pressure and motivation.

HN points to it as the one scene worth watching from the movie, a classic about sales and entrepreneurship.

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@gojomo2009 · in “Y Combinator putting on special event called AngelConf for would-be investors”

It's a memorable line from a monologue delivered by the Alec Baldwin character in the movie 'Glengarry Glen Ross'. [scene] [VIDEO] [transcript] [LINK] (Language is NSFW... unless of course your workplace is like the one in the movie.)

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@jorisvoorn2010 · in “Ask HN: How to sell?”

[VIDEO] Always Be Closing "The hardest thing in life is sell" [LINK] * * * The biggest step in my opinion is the psychological one. After that, everything comes in much easier than before.

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@thomaspaine2010 · in “Must-See Movies for Entrepreneurs”

That's really the only part of the movie worth watching to be honest. Save yourself 90 minutes and just watch that scene: [VIDEO]

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@ludicast2011 · in “Ask HN: Would you fire this developer?”

"Nice guy I don't give a f &k. Good father, f &k you, go home and play with your kids. You want to work here close!" [VIDEO] Probably not the best "formal warning", but fun all the same.

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@ims2011 · in “Lesser Known Ways to Persuade People”

If you liked this movie, may I suggest the David Mamet movie that inspired it: Glengarry Glen Ross ( [LINK] ). Brilliant (but NSFW, language) "Always Be Closing" scene to give you a feel for it: [VIDEO]

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@richardburton2012 · in “How to date a supermodel (or get dealflow or find cofounders)”

Sales. It is all about the numbers. Just watch this classic clip from Glengarry Glen Ross: [VIDEO] Pure. Gold.

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