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Tag Name "Shyness" (109)

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The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness or sadness or friendship drives me nuts. I can't accept that.
Alain de Botton
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What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.
Benjamin Disraeli
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The very best way in all the world to overcome self-consciousn ess and shyness is to get interested in other people and to think of them and, almost miraculously, your timidity will pass. Do something for other people. Practice deeds of kindness, acts of friendliness, and you'll be surprised to see what happens.
Dale Carnegie
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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
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I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job.
Alexis Bledel
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Many people are shy when it comes to getting out on a dance floor. Dancing is an activity that... reveals your inner self, whether you like it, or know it, or not. It is hard to fake it on a dance floor.
Dirk Benedict
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There is a shyness about me, and I really need to get out more.
Priscilla Presley
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But the most obvious fact about praise — whether of God or anything — strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise unless (sometimes even if) shyness or the fear of boring others is deliberately brought in to check it.
C. S. Lewis
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I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people. I'm sure that's some kind of ego trip or a way to overcome shyness. I was very kind of shy and reserved, so there's a way to be on stage and be performing and balance your life out.
Steve Martin
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My mom helped me. I was very shy growing up, but my shyness sort of manifested in a big personality.
Tracee Ellis Ross
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Shyness is inherently uncomfortable introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.
Susan Cain
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And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh.
Paul Merton
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I felt suddenly shy. I was not used to shy. I was used to shame. Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. Shame is when you turn your head away from something you do not want.
Jonathan Safran Foer
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I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar.
Steven Morrissey
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the shell must break before the bird can fly.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.
Khalil Gibran
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Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets, for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say.
Henry Taylor
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It was very natural for me to want to disappear into the theatre, I am really very shy.
Nicole Kidman
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Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?
Honore de Balzac
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Never let shyness conquer your mind.
Arfa Karim
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a struggle with shyness is in every actor more than anyone can imagine.
Marilyn Monroe
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The moment of crisis had come, and I must face it. My old fears, my diffidence, my shyness, my hopeless sense of inferiority, must be conquered now and thrust aside. If I failed now I should fail forever.
Daphne du Maurier
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It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.
Nicole Kidman
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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
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