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I wasn't like other boys. At any rate, I wasn't like my three elder brothers: they excelled at football and they were like other boys, going up to bed each night hugging annuals filled with stories about the glories of Pele and Danny McGrain.

~Andrew O'Hagan

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I always knew I wanted to be in films but didn't want anyone to taunt my parents. So I excelled in studies. I was a topper in school and college, so when I decided to become a model, people said, 'Oh your daughter is modeling,' so at least my parents could say, 'Yeah but she also came first in class.'

~Anushka Sharma

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Without theater, I don't think I would have thought I was a smart person or excelled at anything.

~Audra Mcdonald

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There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.

~Baltasar Gracian

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Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature.

~Basmah Bint Saud

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Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature. Our religion should not be a shield behind which we hide from the world but a driving force that inspires us to innovate and contribute to our surroundings. This is the true spirit of Islam.

~Basmah Bint Saud

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When I was young, I wanted to be a writer or painter. I was always writing stories, and I excelled at drawing. My teachers encouraged my art work. When I was 9 or 10, I began learning piano and started writing music.

~Bat For Lashes

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I like historical pieces. History was my favorite subject in school, it was the only subject I excelled in. I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.

~Cary Elwes

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I never really excelled in any particular subject, but I was just alright at all of them. I never really knew what I wanted to do until I discovered drama.

~Chris Geere

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I never excelled at one sport or had a very strong passion for anything other than wrestling and bodybuilding.

~Dave Bautista

Topics: Anything Bodybuilding Excelled Had Never Other Passion Sport Strong Than Very Wrestling

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