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There are only a few people out there who can completely overcome their fears, and they all live in Tibet.

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People, Overcoming, Tibet

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.127, Broadway Books

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Persistence isn't very glamorous. If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent. We love its flash and dazzle. But great power lies in the other ninety-nine percent.

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Lying, Inspiration, Persistence

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.169, Broadway Books

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The purpose of school should be to prepare kids for the rest of their lives, but too often what kids need to be prepared for is surviving the school day itself.

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School, Kids, Needs

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.253, Broadway Books

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We're told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable. We see ourselves as a nation of extroverts -
which means that we've lost sight of who we really are. Depending on which study you consult, one third to one half of Americans are introverts - in other words, one out of every two or three people you know.

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Mean, Sight, Two

"Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking". Book by Susan Cain, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 24, 2012.

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...if you can think of meetings you've attended, you can probably recall a time - plenty of times - when the opinion of the most dynamic or talkative person prevailed to the detriment of all.

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Thinking, Opinion, Persons

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.50, Broadway Books

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The emphasis is on community, on participating in more and more programs and events, on meeting more and more people. It’s a constant tension for many introverts that they’re not living that out. And in a religious world, there’s more at stake when you feel that tension. It doesn’t feel like ‘I’m not doing as well as I’d like.’ It feels like ‘God isn’t pleased with me.’

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Religious, People, Community

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.66, Broadway Books

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Theodor Geisel (otherwise known as Dr. Seuss) spent his workdays ensconced in his private studio, the walls lined with sketches and drawings, in a bell-tower outside his La Jolla, California, house. Geisel was a much more quiet man than his jocular rhymes suggest. He rarely ventured out in public to meet his young readership, fretting that kids would expect a merry, outspoken, Cat in the Hat–like figure, and would be disappointed with his reserved personality. “In mass, [children] terrify me,” he admitted.

Susan Cain

Children, Wall, Cat

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.86, Broadway Books

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Whoever you are, bear in mind that appearance is not reality. Some people act like extroverts, but the effort costs them energy, authenticity, and even physical health. Others seem aloof or self-contained, but their inner landscapes are rich and full of drama. So the next time you see a person with a composed face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the powers of quiet.

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Drama, Reality, Self

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.266, Broadway Books

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Many people believe that introversion is about being antisocial, and that's really a misperception. Because actually it's just that introverts are differently social. So they would prefer to have a glass of wine with a close friend as opposed to going to a loud party full of strangers.

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Party, Believe, Wine

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Our lives are shaped as profoundly by personality as by gender or race. And the single most important aspect of personality ... is where we fall on the introvert-extrovert spectrum.

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Fall, Race, Personality

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.2, Broadway Books

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What if you love knowledge for its own sake, not necessarily as a blueprint to action? What if you wish there were more, not fewer reflective types in the world?

Susan Cain

What If, Wish, World

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.39, Broadway Books

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We've known about the transcendent power of solitude for centuries; it's only recently that we've forgotten it.

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Power, Solitude, Forgotten

"Introverts Run the World - Quietly". edition.cnn.com. March 18, 2012.

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Even when the attention focused on me is positive, I am uncomfortable being looked at by a lot of people - it's just not my natural state of being.

Susan Cain

People, Attention, Natural

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In our culture, snails are not considered valiant animals - we are constantly exhorting people to "come out of their shells" - but there's a lot to be said for taking your home with you wherever you go.

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Integrity, Home, Animal

"The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance". Interview with Gareth Cook, January 24, 2012.

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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up.

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Pressure, Anxious, Sells

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.31, Broadway Books

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We don’t ask why God chose as his prophet a stutterer with a public speaking phobia. But we should. The book of Exodus is short on explication, but its stories suggest that introversion plays yin to the yang of extroversion; that the medium is not always the message; and that people followed Moses because his words were thoughtful, not because he spoke them well.

Susan Cain

Book, Thoughtful, Play

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.61, Broadway Books

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Indeed, your biggest challenge may be to fully harness your strengths. You may be so busy trying to appear like a zestful, reward-sensitive extrovert that you undervalue your own talents, or feel underestimated by those around you. But when you’re focused on a project that you care about, you probably find that your energy is boundless.

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Challenges, Trying, Energy

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Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

Susan Cain

Love, People, Important

"One trick introverts use to become influential public leaders" by Rachel Gillett, www.businessinsider.com. June 24, 2015.

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As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they need.

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Children, Giving, Parent

"How to Parent an Introverted Child: An Interview With Susan Cain". Interview with Sil Reynolds, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 9, 2013.

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College students who tend to study alone learn more over time than those who work in groups.

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College, Groups, Students

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.81, Broadway Books

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Introversion - along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness - is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology.

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Cousin, Disappointment, Class

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.12, Penguin UK

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[Introverts,] the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys and the courage to speak softly.

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Motivation, Inspiration, Journey

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I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas.

Susan Cain

Ideas, People, Worry

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.52, Broadway Books

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In our society, the ideal self is bold, gregarious, and comfortable in the spotlight. We like to think that we value individuality, but mostly we admire the type of individual who’s comfortable "putting himself out there."

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Thinking, Self, Individuality

"The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance". Interview with Gareth Cook, www.scientificamerican.com. January 24, 2012.

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But when the group is literally capable of changing our perceptions, and when to stand alone is to activate primitive, powerful, and unconscious feelings of rejection, then the health of these institutions seems far more vulnerable than we think.

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Powerful, Thinking, Rejection

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.92, Broadway Books

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