The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read. -- Magic Johnson, basketball legend
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You should prefer a good scientist without literary abilities than a literate one without scientific skills. -- Leonardo da Vinci
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Having made a strenuous effort to understand the symbols he could make nothing of, he wept giant tears . . .-- Caroline Commanville, on her uncle, Gustave FlaubertI, myself, was always recognized . . . as the "slow one" in the family.
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I'm a human being, I'm not a machine. I'm 72. I'm dyslexic. (Robert Blake)
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"I performed poorly at school, when I attended, that is, and was perceived as stupid because of my dyslexia. I still have trouble reading. I have to concentrate very hard at going left to right, left to right, otherwise my eye just wanders to the bottom of the page."
Tommy Hilfiger
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"We were intelligent, but we were dyslexics. And that toughened us up, made us strive harder. I'm sure we turned to artistic things to prove to other people that we weren't stupid." – Andrew Menzies: Hollywood Art Director
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"I firmly believe that deep in their soul everyone has a champion that can overcome obstacles and do great things." - Bruce Jenner
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"At the age of eight I still couldn't read. I was soon being beaten once or twice a week for doing poor class work or confusing the date of the Battle of Hastings." – Richard Branson: Founder of a whole series of Virgin enterprises
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"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford
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"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do." - Henry Ford
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"My teachers say I'm addled . . . my father thought I was stupid, and I almost decided I must be a dunce." -Thomas Edison
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"Dyslexia is not due to lack of intelligence, it's a lack of access. It's like, if you're dyslexic, you have all the information you need, but find it harder to process." - Orlando Bloom
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"I’d always been told I was stupid,” the 28-year-old said. “Teachers said I didn’t have any academic acumen. Once, in a verbal-reasoning lesson, the teacher repeatedly banged my head against the wall in frustration." - Kristian Digby
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"I remember going in for an audition when I was 8, and it was the most excruciating experience because I couldn't read my lines. My desire to act was my driving force. I got really good help from some amazing teachers and my mother and father worked tirelessly with me, so by the time I was 11 I had kind of overcome the dyslexia and now it's not really a problem. I don't notice it anymore." - Keira Knightley.
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"I never read in school. I got really bad grades--D's and F's and C's in some classes, and A's and B's in other classes. In the second week of the 11th grade, I just quit. When I was in school, it was really difficult. Almost everything I learned, I had to learn by listening. My report cards always said that I was not living up to my potential."- Cher
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"I am dyslexic and have to have special help with spelling and elocution. I didn't pass a single GCE. I think anyone can do anything if there is a will and enough self-esteem." - Toyah Willcox
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"Remember, never stop chasing your dreams and never give up." - Cedric Hurtt, author
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"I found out that I am dyslexic recently, at 38 years of age. Like you it put a lot of things in perspective. Oddly enough I am a writer and author. I have written for a more than a dozen magazines in as many countries. Unlike other writers it takes me dozens of rewrites to get it grammatically correct. But the creative juices keep me going. I am a big out of the box thinker. Ron Davis's book was very helpful to me. I have also bought a dozen or so copies to send to relatives and associates whom I thought were dyslexics." -
Bernie Taylor
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"Dyslexia can slow you down but not stop you from your goals. Understanding what it is can be most enlightening." - Michael Charles Messioneo, author
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"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom." - General George Patton
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