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> [All I can really remember doing was listening to the radio and listening to records when I was at school. I wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chrissie-hynde/all-i-can-really-remember-doing-was-listening-to-the-radio-and/)

[Chrissie Hynde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chrissie-hynde/)

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> [I was at a small private school in London. I wasn't very academic. My dad said to me, 'OK, you might as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pattinson/i-was-at-a-small-private-school-in-london-i-wasn-t-very-academic-my/)

[Robert Pattinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pattinson/)

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> [I just wasn't academic. I wanted to be in the real world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-caudwell/i-just-wasn-t-academic-i-wanted-to-be-in-the-real-world/)

[John Caudwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-caudwell/)

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> [I wasn't an academic. I hated maths and science at school. I couldn't concentrate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-dockery/i-wasn-t-an-academic-i-hated-maths-and-science-at-school-i-couldn-t/)

[Michelle Dockery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-dockery/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/michelle-dockery-9666_academic_i-wasn-t-an-academic-i-hated-maths-and-s_2231937.jpg)

> [I wasn't an academic looking in books for ideas. But I educated myself about historical work that was similar to mine, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/i-wasn-t-an-academic-looking-in-books-for-ideas-but-i-educated-myself/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/michael-heizer-27170_about_i-wasn-t-an-academic-looking-in-books-fo_2521520.jpg)

> [I wasn't very academic at school, but the Wolsey Youth Theatre was the saving of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noma-dumezweni/i-wasn-t-very-academic-at-school-but-the-wolsey-youth-theatre-was-the/)

[Noma Dumezweni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noma-dumezweni/)

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> [In fact I was slightly badly behaved at school and got in trouble. I would get a bee in my bonnet about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-colman/in-fact-i-was-slightly-badly-behaved-at-school-and-got-in-trouble-i/)

[Olivia Colman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-colman/)

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