Shyness Quotes - Page 2

• Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

  J. B. Priestley

  Inspirational, Men, Risk

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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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• A lot of vices that I've had over the years were always to make up for some sort of character deficiency, one of them being shyness.

  Slash

  Character, Years, Vices

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• Where is home? Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness. Home is where the heart's tears can dry at their own pace.

  Vernon Baker

  Hate, Home, Heart

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• introductions are hard to come by when your natural state is shyness

  Steve Martin

  Natural, States, Introduction

  Steve Martin (2001). “Shopgirl”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Revenge, Men, Doe

  Jerome K. Jerome (2016). “The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow”, p.78, Jerome K. Jerome

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• I've gotten better at not making people feel uncomfortable with my shyness.

  Clea DuVall

  People, Shy, Uncomfortable

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• Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.

  Penelope Keith

  Ego, Depth, Egotism

  Daily Mail (UK), June 27, 1988.

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• Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.

  Susan Cain

  Degrees, Debate, Psychologist

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

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• In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow.

  Gwen John

  Talking, People, Shadow

  Adrian Heathfield, Gwen John, Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan, Hugo Glendinning (2004). “Live: art and performance”

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• Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen.

  Henry Taylor

  Fall, Character, Men

  Sir Henry Taylor (1836). “The Statesman”, p.27

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• a struggle with shyness is in every actor more than anyone can imagine.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Struggle, Actors, Imagine

  Marilyn Monroe, Roger G. Taylor (1983). “Marilyn Monroe in her own words”, Putnam Pub Group

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• I was shy for several years in my early days in Hollywood until I figured out that no one really gave a damn if I was shy or not, and I got over my shyness.

  Lucille Ball

  Years, Hollywood, Shy

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• My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

  Al Pacino

  Shy, Firsts, Language

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

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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, Shy, Gone

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• I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.

  Jim Carrey

  Mean, Kids, Years

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• I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world.

  Dorothy Hamill

  Motivational, Athlete, World

  "Gold Medal Figure Skater". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 17, 2000.

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• You know what my greatest personal stumbling block is? My shyness.

  Susan Lucci

  Block, Shy, Stumbling

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• Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance.

  Jarvis Cocker

  Distance, People, Feelings

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• You know I was a shy guy and people didn't know that and still don't know it today. I'm sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Talking, People

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

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• I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special.

  Michael C. Hall

  Thinking, Special, Acting

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• It was very natural for me to want to disappear into the theatre, I am really very shy.

  Nicole Kidman

  Theatre, Want, Shy

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Feb 25, 2017

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• I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.

  Tom Hooper

  Block, Thinking, Self

  "Filmmaker Tom Hooper". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. January 28, 2011.

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• Modesty is the way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Inspirational, Beauty, Humility

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• Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness.

  Vernon Baker

  Home, Heart, Laughing

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