I attribute any success I have to the following educators in my life: New York agent Jim Cypher […] early on taught me that the difference between “wannabes” and “gonnabes” is persistence; […]
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Gonnabe
//ˈɡənəbi//
Synonyms for "gonnabe" (2 found)
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Finnish
1 entries- pyrkyri noun (one on the path to becoming famous or important)
Polish
1 entries- młody wilk noun (one on the path to becoming famous or important)
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Alkaline Trio, New Found Glory, Coheed and Cambria, the Starting Line: all have struggled to meet high expectations, and maybe some of them were relieved to be playing this summer’s Warped Tour, nestled among the wannabes and gonnabes.
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It is doubtful you could instruct Babe Ruth into being a home run king or Usain Bolt into world’s fastest human. They just have something. You can throw money at a wannabe but that won’t make him a gonnabe.
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'So you're a wannabe?' / 'Hopefully, a gonnabe.'
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