Shy Quotes - Page 5

• To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they may be right or not. They enjoy the fight, whether it is with words or fists. Women still tend to shy away from controversy, to be uncomfortable with competition.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Mean, Fighting, Men

  "In Politics, What Works For A Man Still Does Not Work For A Woman" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2009.

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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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• 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 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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• 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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• Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy.

  Donald Miller

  Fancy, Want, Ifs

  Donald Miller (2012). “Blue Like Jazz: Movie Edition: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality”, p.26, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Sam reached his hand toward mine and I automatically put my fingers in his. With a guilty little smile he pulled my hand toward his nose and took a sniff and then another one. His smile widened though it was still shy. It was absolutely adorable and my breath got caught somewhere in my throat.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Hands, Adorable, Littles

  Maggie Stiefvater (2009). “Shiver”, p.55, Scholastic Inc.

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• The campaigns of Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot, and John McCain all outperformed expectations on their support from independent voters. They made no effort to shy away from ideology, but conveyed to voters that their policies were driven by principle, not party talking points.

  John Sununu

  Party, Independent, Talking

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• When I am talking to people who I feel don't like me or are mean, I get really shy, and I kind of curl up personality wise.

  Taylor Swift

  Wise, Mean, Talking

  "Q&A: Taylor Swift Is a Woman We Love". Interview with Peter Martin, www.esquire.com. October 8, 2012.

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• 37 is a lumpy number, a bit like porridge. Six is very small and dark and cold, and whenever I was little trying to understand what sadness is I would imagine myself inside a number six and having that experience of cold and darkness. Similarly, number four is a shy number.

  Daniel Tammet

  Sadness, Dark, Numbers

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• For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.

  Alice Walker

  Long, Ugly, Insult

  Alice Walker (2013). “The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker”, p.55, The New Press

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• I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be.

  Crystal Waters

  Integrity, Who I Am, Talking

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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 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 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 definitely have come out of my shell a lot more. When you question who you are, you can't be proud of who you are. Now that I'm trying to peel off those layers and really understand who I am, I don't have anything to be shy about.

  Ricky Williams

  Who I Am, Trying, Shells

  "NFL dropout Ricky Williams chilling in Sierra / He's been found studying the healing arts" by Tom FitzGerald, www.sfgate.com. November 21, 2004.

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• I think if I were a college professor, no one would say I was uncomfortable about being shy because that might be expected. But I think because of people's stereotypes, they think of a football player as someone who is very outgoing and I'm not.

  Ricky Williams

  Football, Player, College

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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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• 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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• 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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• The level of shyness has gone up dramatically in the last decade. I think shyness is an index of social pathology rather than a pathology of the individual.

  Philip Zimbardo

  Thinking, Gone, Levels

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• From the first time he'd met her, he'd sensed an air of contradiction about her. She was very much a woman, but still retained a waiflike quality. She could be brash, and at times deliberately suggestive, yet she was painfully shy. She was incredibly easy to get along with, yet she had few friends. She was a talented artist in her own right, but so self-conscious about her work that she rarely completed a piece and preferred to work with other people's art and ideas.

  Charles de Lint

  Art, Ideas, Air

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• Digory never spoke on the way back, and the others were shy of speaking to him. He was very sad and he wasn't even sure all the time that he had done the right thing; but whenever he remembered the shining tears in Aslan's eyes he became sure.

  C. S. Lewis

  Eye, Shining, Nephew

  C. S. Lewis (2013). “The Chronicles of Narnia Complete 7-Book Collection with Bonus Book: Boxen”, p.93, Harper Collins

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• I don't think he could ever be a serial killer. He's way too shy. That Ted Bundy guy, he was pretty outgoing , from what I heard. -Jess about Doug p. 107

  Meg Cabot

  Thinking, Guy, Ted Bundy

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• Unlike me, Renee was not shy; she was a real people-pleaser. She worried way too much what people thought of her, wore her heart on her sleeve, expected too much from people, and got hurt too easily. She kept other people's secrets like a champ, but told her own too fast. She expected the world not to cheat her and was always surprised when it did.

  Rob Sheffield

  Hurt, Real, Heart

  Rob Sheffield (2007). “Love Is a Mix Tape: Life, Loss, and What I Listened To”, p.66, Crown Archetype

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