Awkward Situations Quotes

• Abortion is the easy way out. It’s hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations.

  Tony Abbott

  People, Abortion, Awkward

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• Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.

  Brian Tracy

  Motivational, Change, Single

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Dec 28, 2013

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• Order is never observed; it is disorder which attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive.

  Eliphas Levi

  Order, Awkward, Attention

  "The Great Secret, Or, Occultism Unveiled".

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• I tend to be sort of quiet and shy and awkward in social situations.

  Tony Kushner

  Awkward, Shy, Quiet

  "Tony Kushner's Paradise Lost"by Arthur Lubow, www.newyorker.com. November 30, 1992.

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• I never had any awkward situations with Shah Rukh.

  Priyanka Chopra

  Awkward, Situation

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• A very awkward situation occurs often in New York City when you are walking down a relatively empty sidewalk and there happens to be a person walking right next to you in the same direction as you at the exact same pace as you. I never know whether to pass or draft. It becomes sort of a strange competition.

  Aaron Karo

  New York, Cities, Competition

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• In the 1998 Oscars, I found myself in the bathroom in a stall, next to Tom Selleck. So I leaned over and I said ‘looks like we’re a couple of peeing Toms.’ His angry silence is something I’ll never forget.

  Tom Hanks

  Funny, Couple, Anger

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• I never did well meeting strangers, so my favorite part of partying as a couple was that I didn't need to strike up conversation from scratch. If you've ever had to go out and meet new people on your own, you would understand. It can be a bit of an awkward situation. If you're already out at a party with someone you know, it takes that pressure off.

  Andrew W.K.

  Couple, Party, People

  "Andrew W.K. And MAKJ On Partying As A Couple". Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.

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• The best thing a man can do on a first date is be a friend. I think that's the biggest mistake men make on the first date. Just get to know me. Be my friend. Just kick it with me as if I was hanging with a homeboy. It shouldn't be this awkward situation. It should be that we're there, having a great time.

  Adrienne Bailon

  Mistake, Men, Thinking

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• If you're able to arrange a trial period with a new hire, do it. It will give both of you a chance to make sure the position is a good fit - and can help you avoid being in the awkward situation of wanting to fire someone three or four weeks in.

  Kathryn Minshew

  Fire, Giving, Awkward

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• Yes, alas, I've been on some recording sessions where the music wasn't good. Not so many, really, considering how many I've done. It's a very awkward situation because to do a recording well you focus on the positive of what will make the piece better.

  Tony Levin

  Focus, Awkward, Done

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• You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out.

  Janet Evanovich

  Giving, Awkward, Way

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• Being injured is quite an awkward situation to be in mentally. Physically, it's quite good to have a bit of a rest, but mentally it's hell.

  Magnus Backstedt

  Awkward, Hell, Situation

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• There is nothing that is quite so reassuring in an awkward situation as knowing that one is well turned-out, and while I hope I am not so fainthearted as to require such stratagems, I am not so foolish as to overlook their value.

  Patricia C. Wrede

  Knowing, Awkward, Reassuring

  Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline Stevermer (2014). “The Cecelia and Kate Novels: Sorcery & Cecelia, The Grand Tour, and The Mislaid Magician”, p.278, Open Road Media

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• Dating is kind of hard. Like dinner or something like that. Like a forced awkward situation is very strange. Especially for me, for some reason.

  Zac Efron

  Dating, Awkward, Dinner

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