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Here is a list of some of the more famous Dyslexics, past and present.

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Tom Cruise

"I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend what I read."

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John Lennon

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Albert Einstein

 

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

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Walt Disney

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Pablo Picasso

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Robin Williams

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Thomas Edison

 

"My teachers say I'm addled . . . my father thought I was stupid, and I almost decided I must be a dunce."

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Whoopi Goldberg

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Alexanda Graham Bell

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Cher

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Winston Churchill

 

"I was, on the whole, considerably discouraged by my school days. It was not pleasant to feel oneself so completely outclassed and left behind at the beginning of the race."

 

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Leonardo Da Vinci

"You should prefer a good scientist without literary abilities than a literate one without scientific skills."

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Dustin Hoffman

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Jamie Oliver

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Jackie Stewart

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Richard Branson

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This list of famous dyslexics has been compiled from various websites. The quotes are from an American site, happy dyslexic, where there are many more quotes. Why not take a look.

www.happydyslexic.com

 

 

 

 

 

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