Bruce Wasserstein's "Dare to be Great" Speech

I've heard a lot of talk about how Wasserstein had a speech that he would always give to executives to pump them up for a deal.

Does anyone have the script or synopsis of it?

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Bruce Wasserstein's "Dare to be Great" Speech

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