Famous Failures

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Across
  1. 2. His early business failed and left him broke 5 times before creating ford motor company.
  2. 3. This scientist didn’t speak until he was four years old.A teacher told him he wouldn’t to amount to anything.
  3. 4. He was cut from his high school basketball team but eventually went on to be one of the best NBA players ever.
  4. 6. His first book was rejected by over 50 publishers, but he eventually became one of the all-time great writers of children’s’ books.
  5. 7. He was once told he wasn’t creative and didn’t have any imagination, but his cartoon legacy proved them wrong.
  6. 9. This woman was fired from a position because her bosses thought that she wasn’t “right for TV”. Later she became a television host with her own show.
  7. 10. He failed over 1,000 times trying to invent the lightbulb before he had success.
Down
  1. 1. This rock band was rejected by producers who thought they would never make it.
  2. 5. This politician was defeated in 8 elections before becoming one of the most famous presidents in history.
  3. 8. This writer handed in a manuscript titled Harry Potter that was rejected by 12 different publishers