Back then I was called Dumbo because of my ears. I was called Fatty, too. It was hurtful so I became like the class clown. I became the one who was kicked around.
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Related But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memor... SUE MILLER What I wrote... wasn't crazy... or a bullshit... or nonsense... it was what I saw! DEYTH BANGER The bulkheads were close together, the ceilings low above their helmets. Not much space in there to ... CHRISTINA ENGELA I was the class clown so I was used to performing and fooling around in front of my friends. DOMINIC MONAGHAN I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943. J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON I was born in a blender. LORNA LUFT I was born 'neath a clouded star. JULIA WARD HOWE I wasn't born a redhead, but I was born to be a redhead. GEORGETTE MOSBACHER I was born to be funny. BUDDY HACKETT I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961. ERIC ALLIN CORNELL When I was in first grade, the kids called me 'fatso.' It hurt, but the way I overcame it wa... BILLY CASPER I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paint... 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MISTY COPELAND I was the only girl in class who spoke Spanish and the first word I learned was 'stupid' because tha... GLORIA ESTEFAN The company (was) sold in 1988; then I played for a year. Then I was at Ball State when one of my fo... GLEN SNOW I, like most of my friends, couldn't believe I bought a mountain called Misery Mountain, because... CALEB CARR Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown. R. L. STINE I stood there and stared, into the sky and at the city around me. I stood, hands at my side, and I s... MARKUS ZUSAK I became number one just after the World Championships in India. I was very young then, and I rememb... KATIE TAYLOR I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first bo... JACKIE COLLINS I was born on July 23rd, 1906, in Sarajevo in the province of Bosnia, which then belonged to the Aus... VLADIMIR PRELOG My folks came to U.S. as immigrants, aliens, and became citizens. I was born in Boston, a citizen, w... LEONARD NIMOY I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family. OLIVIER MARTINEZ Aye, well, I've got my garden. LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing. LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds, LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument. LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ... LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w... LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t... LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start. LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec... LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said. LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said. LIKE I Married to the Mob. LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge. LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i... LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick? LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said. LIKE I It became so stressful because a lot of the workers couldn't understand what I was saying, JENNIFER SMITH I became a Communist because I fell in love with a man who was a Red and entered the Army to take ca... KAREN MORLEY My mother became a casting director, and she cast me in a soap opera called 'One Life to Live.... CHRISTIAN SLATER I had a sister who was killed in a motorcycle wreck when I was around 4 years old. My parents adopte... BIG SMO I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language. DANIEL ALARCON I think I was born with the drive for success because I have a certain gene. 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