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• I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.

  Gabriela Sabatini

  Sports, People, Shy

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• My nature is orderly and observant and scrupulous and deeply introverted.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Character, Observant, Orderly

  Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Milazzo (1989). “Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates”, p.68, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating.

  Jonathan Rauch

  Sleep, Extroverts, Introvert

  "Caring for Your Introvert" by Jonathan Rauch, www.theatlantic.com. March 2003.

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• We can't underestimate the value of silence. We need to create ourselves, need to spend time alone. If you don't, you risk not knowing yourself and not realizing your dreams.

  Jewel

  Motivational, Dream, Knowing

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• It's interesting to feel the pressure of having to be outgoing, because I think in general, as a human being, I'm pessimistic and introverted. But, it's cool, because it's a whole different side of me, and I impress myself. Even at times when I think that there's no possible way that I can be engaging, I'll suddenly pull it out and impress myself.

  Nate Ruess

  Thinking, Interesting, Different

  "Fun.'s Nate Ruess". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.avclub.com. April 13, 2012.

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• I think a lot about Big Mind-Small Mind, expansive, wide-lens consciousness and contracted, introverted consciousness. I have moments-we all do-when just being alive is a pleasure and a miracle. They feel like moments when the shutters of the mind are open so I can look out. It also feels as if those same shutters have no hooks to fix them in an open position. One small wind and bang-they slam shut.

  Sylvia Boorstein

  Thinking, Wind, Miracle

  Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D. (2007). “Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness”, p.20, Ballantine Books

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• Being a Boy Scout saved my life. I was a bookish, introverted kid, shy and withdrawn, unhappy and easily bullied. I was also gay, although I didn't know it yet. I should've been miserable. But being a scout got me out of myself and into the world.

  Christopher Bram

  Kids, Gay, Boys

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• Justice and I became friends, though we were opposites in many ways - he was extroverted, I was introverted; he was lighthearted, I was serious.

  Nelson Mandela

  Opposites, Justice, Leader

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• Obviously when you're a child actor, you have zero inhibitions. You don't care. You don't get introverted thinking people are looking at you funny.

  Alanna Masterson

  Children, Thinking, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I had a really bad blushing problem when I was younger. The first time I ever performed was in an English class. I had an essay that I was supposed to write, and, instead of writing an essay, I wrote a song. So, I was playing this song in class, and I literally turned the color of this sweater that I was wearing, completely red. I think it was that feeling of challenging everything in me, my introverted personality. Like, "This is what you have to do. It doesn't matter if you do it wrong, you just have to do it."

  Caitlin Rose

  Song, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I am a pretty good actor. Most of my friendships are based on the fact that I pretend to be outgoing and funny in social situations, but when I get home, I tend to isolate myself because I am actually somewhat bipolar and introverted.

  Reese Roper

  Home, Bipolar, Actors

  Source: mousertime.blogspot.com

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• I'm very introverted, so it requires a huge effort for me to put on a smile and extend a hand and accept compliments. I would much rather be insulted than complimented any day.

  Michael Ian Black

  Hands, Effort, Compliment

  "Michael Ian Black on Parenting, Pop Culture and His Worst Christmas Present Ever". Interview with Sarah Thyre, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 16, 2012.

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• I do hang out with girls, I do relax. But I am a hermit sometimes and get a bit too introverted, too 'Jean-Paul Sartre' and intellectual in my head. And it's like a Kafka novel in there, things get nuts. Then I have to remind myself to get out and I will go and play ice hockey with my friends.

  Josh Peck

  Girl, Hockey, Ice

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• With every character you play you're always trying to put facets of yourself into those characters. I think Asher, at the beginning of The Giver, when he's goofy and a little bit of a rule-breaker, a little bit of a jokester, I align with him. But then he kind of transforms throughout the movie and becomes someone I don't necessarily relate to. I relate to Adam McCormick's sensitivity. He's more quiet and introverted, and I definitely have those moments as well.

  Cameron Monaghan

  Character, Thinking, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm always the guy on tour that tries to get guys chatting and a lot of banter back and forth so I definitely feel that a lot of bodybuilders have that comedic side in them, they're just a little bit more introverted.

  Phil Heath

  Guy, Trying, Littles

  Source: monstersupplements.com

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• I spent my whole life being very shy and introverted and I kind of found my release and therapy in the gym. I became this big, menacing physical stature of a man but internally I'm still kind of insecure. Warm, fuzzy and gooey.

  Dave Bautista

  Insecure, Men, Fuzzy

  Tommy2 Interview, tommy2.net. December 10, 2014.

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• As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.

  Om Puri

  Men, Feelings, Quiet

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• I was very introverted growing up and I had small circle of friends. Any opportunity I got to rap or articulate things through rhyme or hip hop was great for me.

  LeCrae

  Growing Up, Rap, Opportunity

  "A conversation with Christian hip hop artist Lecrae". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• Magicians are typically introverted; they don't tend to work with others, but I work with software programmers, composers, designers, so it's a very diverse group and the result is always more interesting than something I could have done by myself.

  Marco Tempest

  Interesting, Done, Groups

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• Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades - haunting.

  Daniel Breaker

  Midwest, Haunting, Eccentric

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• I was a very quiet child, quite introverted, really. Independent, yes; I didn't need a lot of supervision. Less so than I did when I got older, maybe. But I was a bookish child, not surprisingly. I could sit quite happily in a corner for hours and entertain myself with books.

  John Boyne

  Children, Book, Independent

  "John Boyne hates celebrity children's books". Interview with Kelly Gallucci, www.usatoday.com. April 11, 2014.

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• Occasionally there are people who are not like me, and I forget that they're more introverted or shy, or just don't want to make a decision so quickly.

  Wayne Coyne

  People, Decision, Want

  "The Flaming Lips on covering Sgt. Pepper's, Miley Cyrus, and never stopping". Interview with Scott Morrow, music.avclub.com. November 3, 2014.

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• Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like they are out of step with what's expected of them. Parenting can pose unique challenges for introverted parents, who fear that their own painful experiences will be repeated in their children's lives.

  Jonathan Cain

  Children, Unique, Painful Experiences

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• Jack Kerouac seems to have been preoccupied with the question of duality from a very young age. He seemed to feel that there was more than one person inside him. Indeed he would veer from friendly, open and so on to someone who was angry. In a way, there was a swing also between his American self and what he later called his Franco-American older brother. There was a swing between the deeply introverted part of himself and the person he became out in the world, having to act in an extroverted way.

  Joyce Johnson

  Brother, Age, Friendly

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm a little bit antisocial and I recently discovered that I'm introverted. But the love between people makes me alive.

  Emily Saliers

  Love Is, People, Alive

  "Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls | Outspoken. Unapologetic. A Voice for Women". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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