- Nov 07, 2020
Shy Quotes
On quiet nerves and the traits behind them.
Some quotes here contradict the stereotype, like someone insisting they've never been shy and have always talked easily, while others explore the gap between a quiet, socially awkward offstage personality and a bold on-screen role. One poetic line even pictures small shy embarrassments playing out on sunny afternoons.
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- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a lot of acting when I was a child. I was very shy - the kind of kid who ran into a corner and cried on parents' visiting day.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nervous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't try to be what you're not. If you're nervous, be nervous. If you're shy, be shy. It's cute.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a very shy, introverted person.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not shy.
- Gardening
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- Nov 07, 2020
The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
- Lunch
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have enforced a Darwinian process on wolves, turning them into the shy and elusive animals they've become. They didn't have that fear of us 30,000 years ago. We didn't have gunpowder; we had rocks. Wolves would have seen us as lunch, and we were weak and slow and tasty.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I’m shy and open up to very few people.
- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020