Shy Quotes - Page 21

• Growing up, I was a very shy kid but I felt that being on stage or playing another character would somehow open me up. And I think it did.

  Jesse Tyler Ferguson

  Growing Up, Character, Kids

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• Me being a shy kid, very closed off, showing vulnerability in a character was sort of a safe space on stage. It's always been in my toolbox, there for me when I need it.

  Jesse Tyler Ferguson

  Character, Kids, Space

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• Well, it's true that I've never been solitary, although I spend a lot of time alone. I've never felt lonely or been shy.

  Richard E. Grant

  Lonely, Alone Time, Solitary

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• I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

  Nigel Rees

  School, Class, Play

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• Social taboos are shy like virtue; once lost, there is no remedy

  Gunnar Myrdal

  Social Taboos, Morality, Virtue

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• Love taught me to cry
  So come on courage!
  Teach me to be shy.

  Damien Rice

  Sadness, Cry, Teach

  "Song: 'Cannonball'". 1993.

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• I can't tell stories to save my life. I like to have fun, and I go out and have a lot of fun. But I'm not really an entertainer that way. I'm much more shy.

  Marisa Tomei

  Fun, Stories, Way

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• The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Revenge, Men, People

  Jerome K. Jerome (2008). “The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.101, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I think I'm a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and I'm not shy about presenting them, so if people ask for my critical response to a poem, I tell them what works and why, and what doesn't work and why.

  Diane Wakoski

  Reading, Thinking, People

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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 blush easily. I have difficulty meeting people's eye, difficulty with public speaking, the normal afflictions of the shy, but not to a paralysing degree.

  Nicholson Baker

  Eye, People, Degrees

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• I'm actually very introverted. I'm very shy. I'm very emotional.

  Tom Ford

  Emotional, Introverted

  Interview with John Currin, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 30, 2010.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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'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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• 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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• I was shy. I was more than shy.

  Marion Cotillard

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• When I was a kid, I was super shy.

  Rachel Dratch

  Kids

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• I'm really shy with my acting when it's off, because the camera gives me an excuse to be in character, whereas otherwise I would just feel like an idiot.

  Brendan Fehr

  Character, Giving, Acting

  "Interview With The Vampires: The Cast Of The Forsaken". Interview With Steve Head, www.ign.com. May 4, 2001.

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• I have my moments, but generally speaking I shy away from being too lovey dovey.

  Katherine Heigl

  Moments

  "27 DRESSES – Katherine Heigl & Ed Burns Interview". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. January 13, 2008.

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• I first started acting in primary school, just doing little plays. And from the moment I began, something just went 'click' inside me. Suddenly I wasn't shy anymore. Instead I felt confident and happy. I can remember the enormous sense of relief it gave me. I loved the feeling of making people laugh.

  Sally Hawkins

  School, Play, People

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• When I was younger, I used to be super, super shy. I still find myself being scared of things.

  Vanessa Hudgens

  Scared, Used, Stills

  "Vanessa Hudgens: Hey Look! She's All Grown Up". Interview with Amy Spencer, www.glamour.com. June 27, 2010.

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• I'm actually really shy.

  Harry Shum, Jr.

  "The Man with No Bones" by Amanda Dobbins, www.gq.com. October 24, 2011.

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