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Classmates Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman were voted 'The Least Likely to Succeed" by their peers
King Charles XIV John of Sweden was born French as Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, rose through the ranks of Napoleon's army, and was chosen by vote of the Swedish parliament to succeed a childless king while serving as governor of Rome.
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Dr Seuss was voted least likely to succeed by his classmates
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Robin Williams was voted "Most Likely Not To Succeed" and "Funniest" at his graduation.
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Robin Williams was voted least likely to succeed in high school.
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While living in New York City in the 1960s. Gene Hackman was working as a doorman when he ran into an instructor whom he had despised at the Pasadena Playhouse. Reinforcing "The Least Likely To Succeed" vote, the man had said, "See, Hackman, I told you you wouldn't amount to anything."
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In 1861, the Eastern region of Tennessee voted a whopping 80% percent against succeeding from the Union. At the time, this region of Tennessee had a Whig Party majority, and to this day, no Democrat has held two congressional seats in East Tennessee since the mid-1800’s.
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Tom Cruise and Robin Williams were voted "Least Likely to Succeed" in High School.
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Since 1990, the American Dialect Society has voted for a new word/slang term that is "Most Likely to Succeed", and are pretty much always right
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Friends Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman were voted "Least Likely to Succeed." Later living in NYC w/ Hoffman and Bob Duvall and while working as a doorman, Hackman saw a former instructor who said "See, Hackman, I told you you wouldn't amount to anything." Today they have 19 Oscar noms + 5 wins.
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Robin Williams was voted "Least Likely to Succeed" by his high school classmates in 1969
