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• I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.

  Brian Wilson

  Real, Kind, Sometimes

  "Grin and bear it" by Sylvie Simmons, www.theguardian.com. January 22, 2004.

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• The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Angel, Men, Creation

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• I've always had to conquer fear when I'm on stage. Basically, I was and still am a very shy person. It's absolutely in conflict with what I do. But once I deliver the first joke I'm okay. It's like I'm out there all by myself just delivering my lines to nobody in particular without ever trying to notice the audience in front of me.

  Steven Wright

  Trying, Lines, Firsts

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• I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Difficult Times, Used, Over The Top

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• I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'

  Jacki Weaver

  Goodbye, Love You, People

  "Exclusive Q&A: 'Animal Kingdom' Mama Grizzly (And Golden Globe Nominee) Jacki Weaver" by Kevin Polowy, www.mtv.com. January 13, 2011.

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• I tend to be sort of quiet and shy and awkward in social situations.

  Tony Kushner

  Awkward, Quiet, Social

  "Tony Kushner's Paradise Lost"by Arthur Lubow, www.newyorker.com. November 30, 1992.

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• I have reason to be shy. I've been hurt plenty.

  Ethel Waters

  Hurt, Reason, Plenty

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• I'm born and raised in the Northeast. My parents are Irish immigrants. So our tendency is to shy away from the big yellow ball that comes up in the sky every once in a while.

  Denis Leary

  Sky, Yellow, Parent

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• I was too shy, I think, to sing publicly. It takes a particular kind of person. And when I was young, I was not that person. In the first instance, when a record company said to me, do you want to try and make your record, my first reaction was, no, I'm not worthy - I couldn't possibly, and so on and so forth.

  Hugh Laurie

  Thinking, Trying, Records

  "Hugh Laurie Puts Blues In The House". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. August 18, 2013.

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• Dolly Parton made me chicken and dumplings. That Tennessee woman can burn some pots! And we know that I am not necessarily shy to a fork!

  Queen Latifah

  Tennessee, Pot, Dumplings

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• I used to be very shy. When I first started, I had to go to a casting, and I had to go in a bikini. I thought I was too skinny. But I went in and got the job! And that's how I started.

  Adriana Lima

  Jobs, Bikinis, Skinny

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• I do like ensemble work. I would like to do a lead role, though. I didn't shy away from that.
  I'm desperately looking for a lead role to do in a film, an independent film, and it just hasn't come my way yet. I'm desperately looking for that role that will put me in a lead category. Or a television series.

  Allison Janney

  Independent, Film, My Way

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Im pretty shy when I go home because I was pretty shy growing up, and I think I go back to that person.

  Kerry Condon

  Growing Up, Home, Thinking

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• I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.

  Sade Adu

  People, Journalist, My Time

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• Basically, I'm a shy human being. Very introverted.

  George Hamilton

  Introverted, Humans, Human Beings

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.

  Joan Allen

  Not Sure, Proving Yourself, Prove

  "The passion project". Interview with Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2005.

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• I wrote a graphic novel called 'Soul Stealer' with big, beautiful, epic artwork by Chris Shy. It grew into a trilogy.

  Michael Easton

  Beautiful, Epic, Soul

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• Perhaps my favourite story is 'Le Passe-Muraille' by Marcel Ayme. It's about a guy who wakes up with a weird faculty that means he can walk through walls. He's a very shy clerk, and he uses it to get revenge, or vent his frustration.

  Michel Gondry

  Wall, Revenge, Mean

  "Surreal To Reel" By Damon Wise, www.theguardian.com. February 15, 2008.

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• When I was little, I had a feeling that I was going to end up being an actress. I spent a lot of time alone, I was a very shy girl, and I would pretend I was telling someone about this new role that I got.

  Summer Glau

  Girl, Feelings, Littles

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 24, 2008.

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• I was painfully shy, and I had tremendous difficulty making friends. So, lacking friends, I watched other people. Watching is something all writers must do, and it was in junior high that I learned to do it.

  Alex Flinn

  People, Making Friends, Juniors

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• I was quite shy. I used to write stories all the time, and I think that was a worry for my parents.

  Anne-Marie Duff

  Writing, Thinking, Worry

  "Real-life romance" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2004.

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• I'm very shy in real life; I can't really hit on girls.

  Jeffrey Donovan

  Girl, Real, I Can

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• As we all know, when you're an athlete things are a little bit easier for you. It didn't mean that what was going on inside my heart wasn't a bit of a thunderstorm, but outwardly I got along ok. I was really shy in seventh grade.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Heart, Athlete, Mean

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our town didn't have a pool hall either, so I had to hang out at the public library - and anyway, I told myself stories.

  John Thomas Sladek

  Kids, Phones, Library

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• I'm always shy and timid when I write in front of people.

  Colbie Caillat

  Writing, People, Fronts

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