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Some people call me scrappy - and that's because I am.
Karen Handel / Former Secretary Of State Of Georgia
I Am Me People
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He was always sort of a scrappy little kid wasn't he? A bit of a fighter?
Katie Couric / Journalist
Kids
Fighter
Literature
Little Kid
Littles
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I don't look at life as a battle or as a fight. I don't think I'm scrappy. I'm accepting.
Michael J. Fox / Actor
Battle
Fighting
Thinking
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It's always been my weakness that my concentration tends to go when I get into scrappy frames.
Stephen Hendry /
Concentration
Weakness
Frames
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Tends
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I'm a scrappy outsider from Boston, so didn't have a privileged background at all like many in business.
Jeremy Strong /
Boston
Privileged
Outsider
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Whether it is a classy performance where you are creating a lot of chances or a scrappy one-goal win, it doesn't matter.
Chris Hughton /
Chances
Classy
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Only in a nation like ours could someone like me, the scrappy son of a simple carpenter, grow up to become a simple senator.
Orrin Hatch / United States Senator
Carpenter
Senator
Ours
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We look for the scrappy entrepreneur: the kind of person who will get things done without looking to spend money right away.
Jon Oringer /
Entrepreneur
Right Away
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I think that terriers are not really the prettiest dogs, but they're scrappy and they're loyal, and they get it done, you know what I mean?
Michael Raymond-James /
Loyal
Prettiest
Dogs
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The tech industry's love for scrappy, accessible founders adds to the pressure. You're expected to lead by example, to roll up your sleeves, to know everything going on.
Glenn Kelman /
Example
Expected
Founders
Industry
Pressure
Sleeves
Love Your Know
Accessible
Adds
Lead
Lead By Example
Tech
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Many of the scrappy young people I meet who are the first in their family to go to college feel that they have to bring home a steady paycheck to make their family's sacrifices worthwhile.
Andrew Yang /
Steady
Worthwhile
Family Home People
Paycheck
Sacrifices
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I was a pretty scrappy, tough kid; I got in all sorts of fights at school. I defended myself - boys didn't mess with me. But as one of seven children, you have to fight for everything anyway.
Amy Adams / Actress
Kids
Children
Mess
School
Seven
Tough
Myself Fight Me
Boy
Anyway
Fights
Defended
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In Chicago, anything that you're doing, the community gives it value. Every little improv show, every scrappy reading, and every lead on a Goodman mainstage. It's all a promising opportunity for a young actor.
Alex Weisman /
Chicago
Goodman
Improv
Promising
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Young Actor
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I have the ability to get code done, but I'm impatient, and it's scrappy as a result. Maybe that helped me with 'Minecraft,' as it came quickly. But, well, at some point, I'd like to actually become a good programmer.
Markus Persson /
Code
Impatient
Good Done Me
Programmer
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Because of my New Line upbringing, half my heart goes to scrappy independents, and half goes to mainstream, down-the-middle pop culture events. And even with those, to try to keep something fresh and original with them and try to do things that the majors miss.
Michael De Luca / Movie Producer
Heart
Mainstream
Majors
Missing
Pop Culture
Trying
Upbringing
Fresh
Independents
New Line
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I started out taking any project that I could because you want the work. You want the opportunity to create, and I'm glad I did because it forces you to really get an understanding of your vision and your voice as a designer when you have to be scrappy like that.
Jeremiah Brent /
Designer
Glad
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Because most startups are lean and scrappy organizations consisting of a limited number of people and supported by an even smaller number of resources, startups cannot afford to have any slackers on board. When you fail, you cause an 'epic failure,' and when you win, everyone in the company knows about it.
Clay Clark /
Failure
Epic
Resources
Afford
Board
Consisting
Fail
Organizations
Lean
Limited
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Startups
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You get really scrappy when you're making things for zero dollars, and you just have to keep thinking like that. It's not like, 'Oh, we now have a little bit more money, let's do things differently.' If you just keep boiling it down to the simplest possible way to make it, I think that always ends up being the best.
Jon Watts /
Zero
Being The Best
Boiling
Simplest
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If I didn't have a gig, I used to ring up all the comedy clubs across the country and go, 'If anyone drops out, I can be there.' Normally, someone would ring you up the day of. It's just perseverance, being scrappy, being a hustler. The first few years, a lot of it was under-the-table work, so that was good. I think I can say that now.
Jim Jefferies / Stand-Up Comedian
Clubs
Perseverance
Work Good Day
Ring
Hustler
Drops
Gig
Normally
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