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Since I was a schoolboy, I've been used to being recognized on the road by old and young, and being bantered with and, indeed, being taunted.

I was different and people made fun of me.

A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.

I was motivated to be different in part because I was different.

Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.

I'm different, and I'm not afraid to be different.

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.

I wasn't bullied in high school, I was just ignored.

As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.