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I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

— Damian Lewis

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I definitely had a top-notch education.

— Paul Giamatti

I wasn't very good in academics, but I could have been if I could have studied well. I was a smart kid.

— Virat Kohli

I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama, English, and history, but in math and science I was a screw-up. Wooster saw something in me, and I really flourished there. I got into theatre, took photography and painting classes.

— J. C. Chandor

I could have probably been just as successful by not going to college, but it was the most intellectually stimulating environment that I was ever in.

— Fabrice Grinda

I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.

— Richard Dawkins

I was not considered a kid that would be successful in my career.

— Tsai Ing-wen

I was no good at anything else at school. But I was good at one thing, which was creativity.

— Bernard Sumner

I was used to being successful in school, but academics didn't make me happy.

— Michael Masser

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was a sickly child, not very strong physically. I wasn't really the greatest in school. I didn't really excel in anything particularly. But I was happy with who I was.

— Patti Smith

I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.

— Francis Ford Coppola