1. Pas tout le monde qui a réussi est arrivé là avec
succès après succès.
Those that history
best remembers
were faced with
numerous
obstacles that forced them
to work harder and show more
determination
than others.
3. He was a high school drop out and
while working as a truck driver
he taught himself about special effects
for movies.
Il a abandonné l'école
secondaire. Tout en travaillant
comme chauffeur de camion, il a
appris lui-même comment faire
des effets spéciaux dans les
films.
5. He was raised on the Dog Creek First
Nations Reserve and had a troubled
childhood. He was 8 years old when
his dad drowned and two months later
his mom was killed by a drunk driver.
Élevé dans la réserve de
Dog Creek, il commence sa
carrière à 16 ans lorsqu'il
fréquente le Manitoba
Theatre for Young People, à
Winnipeg.
7. He lost his leg but continued
running with pain and one artificial
leg in order to raise money for
cancer research.
Il a perdu sa jambe mais a
continué à courir avec la
douleur et une jambe
artificielle afin d'amasser
des fonds pour la
recherche sur le cancer.
9. They were rejected by Decca recording
studios, who said “We don t like their
sound… and they don t have any
future in show business.”
Ils ont été rejetés par les
studios d'enregistrement
Decca, qui a dit «Nous
n'aimons pas leur son ... et ils
n'ont pas d'avenir dans le
show business.»
13. He tried to bring independence
to India but he failed and went
to jail five times.
Il a essayé d'apporter
l'indépendance à l'Inde,
mais il a échoué et est allé en
prison cinq fois.
14. Mahatma Ghandi
Employing nonviolent civil
disobedience, Gandhi led India to
independence and inspired
movements for civil rights and
freedom across the world.
15. She had a baby at 14 years old
and people said she was unfit
for television.
Quand elle avait 14 ans
elle avait un bébé et au
debout de sa carrière les
gens disait qu elle ne va
pas réussir.
17. He tried to stop the genocide in
Rwanda and 14 soldiers died under
his command.
Il a essayé d'arrêter le génocide
au Rwanda et 14 soldats
sont morts sous
son commandement.
19. A leader of a band rejected him and
told him that he was never going to
make it as a singer.
Un chef d un groupe a
dit: «qu’il n aura jamais
d avenir dans la musique
et qu il ferait mieux de
conduire un camion ».
21. He was exiled from Tibet
and lived in India.
Il a été exilé du Tibet
et a vécu en Inde.
22. The Dalai Lama
Tibet s political leader
who has strived to make
Tibet an independant and
democratic state from China.
23. At school his teacher thought
his ideas were crazy and that
he might have a learning disability.
A l’école son professeur a pensé
que ses idées étaient fous et
qu’il pourrait avoir une difficulté
d'apprentissage.
24. Thomas Edison
American Inventor
He developed many
devices that greatly
influenced life
around the world,
including the long
lasting electric light
bulb.
25. When he was little he was a great
hockey player but people were jealous
and mean to him.
Quand il était petit, il était un
très bon joueur de hockey
mais beaucoup de personnes
étaient très méchantes et
jalouses de lui.
27. He was fired from a newspaper company
for lacking imagination” and thought
of as having no original ideas.”
Il a été renvoyé d'une
entreprise de presse pour
son «manque d'imagination»
et pour «ayant pas d'idées
originales».
29. Struggling to find work, he was rejected
many times because producers said he
was not funny.
Il a été rejeté à plusieurs
reprises parce que les
producteurs ont dit qu'il
n était pas drôle.
35. She is famous for showing the importance of
nursing but her parents discouraged her from
becoming a nurse.
Elle est célèbre pour
montrer l'importance de
soins infirmiers, mais ses
parents l'ont découragé
de devenir infirmière.
37. He dropped out of Havard
University to start his own
company. He was 19, restless,
and driven by a single
objective: to change the world.
Il a abandonné ses
études et à 19 ans il
avait un seul objectif:
changer le monde.
39. He was fired from the company he founded
and helped build. Feeling rejected, he put his
energy into new ideas.
Il a été viré de sa propre
compagnie. Il se sentait
rejeté mais il a mis son
énergie dans de
nouvelles idées.
40. Steve Jobs
Inventor of some of
the most used
electronics in the
world: the iPod,
iPad and iPhone
41. After trying out for his high school basketball
team he was rejected due to his lack of height.
Il a essayé de jouer dans
l'équipe de basket de l'école
secondaire mais il est
considéré comme trop petit et
est écarté de l'équipe.
43. He struggled in school because he
learned very slowly. One of his
teachers said he would never
amount to much.
Probablement
dyslexique,
il utilisait
son imagination
visuelle pour sa
créativité
scientifique.
45. Paralyzed at the age of 15, he became the
first student with a physical disability to
graduate in physical education from the
University of British Columbia.
Il a fait une tournée
mondiale en fauteuil roulant
pour amasser de l argent
pour l avancement
technologique dans la
médecine pour les blessures
graves aux dos.
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47. She was a single mother
whose first book was rejected
by a dozen publishers.
Elle était une mère célibataire
et son premier livre a été rejeté
par une douzaine de maisons
d'édition.
49. He was 11 years old when he
was cut from his soccer team
after being diagnosed with a
growth hormone defiency
which made him smaller than
other kids his age.
Il avait 11 ans quand il a
été coupé de son équipe
de football car il était plus
petit que les autres
enfants de son âge.
51. Her paintings of landscapes and native villages
were unique and modern but her art was
considered unusual for her era. Few people
bought her art.
Son art a été considéré
comme trop inhabituel
pour les années 1900
alors pas beaucoup de
gens ont acheté ses
oeuvres.
55. Suffering from motor neuron disease,
he is confined to a wheelchair and speaks
through a voice synthesizer.
Souffrant de la maladie
du motoneurone,
il est confiné à un
fauteuil roulant
et parle au moyen d'un
synthétiseur vocal.
