Shy Quotes

• The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

  William Wordsworth

  Flower, Smell, Sweetest

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• I can be very shy...but when I'm around people I know, I can be extremely loud.

  Avril Lavigne

  People, Loud, Knows

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  My feelings are too loud for words
  And too shy for the world.

  Dejan Stojanovic

  Emotional, Feelings, World

  "Forgotten Home". Poem by Dejan Stojanovic,

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• I've always been quite shy. Very confident but very shy.

  Ruth Wilson

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

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• Don't try to be what you're not. If you're nervous, be nervous. If you're shy, be shy. It's cute.

  Adriana Lima

  Cute, Beauty, Trying

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• I am quite shy and people think I'm aloof.

  Kristen Stewart

  Thinking, People, Aloof

  "Interview with Twilight's Kristen Stewart". Interview with Will Lawrence, www.telegraph.co.uk. September 13, 2010.

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• I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.

  Johnny Depp

  Hate, Use, Done

  "I do not know what is sexy about me, says Johnny Depp". Interview with Aakanksha Naval-Shetye, www.dnaindia.com. May 21, 2012.

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• You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough

  Chris Colfer

  Greatness, Enough

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• Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy.

  Beatrice Wood

  Love, Love You

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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, Introvert

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• I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.

  Steven Spielberg

  Awkward, Majority, Momentum

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• The company accountant is shy and retiring. He's shy a quarter of a million dollars. That's why he's retiring.

  Milton Berle

  Teacher, Retirement, Dollars

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• It's not that easy to find someone I can relate too. I'm tough to crack because I'm shy.

  Kristin Kreuk

  Cracks, Tough, Easy

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

  Susan Lucci

  Block, Stumbling, Knows

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• They say shyness is a form of egotism, and you are only shy because you care too much about what people think of you. And maybe its true, maybe I am just an egotist.

  Mika

  Thinking, People, Care

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• Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.

  Tennessee Williams

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Shyness is a curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people at any time, and also, like quicksand, it usually makes its victims look down.

  Daniel Handler

  People, Musician, Novelists

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• I can be very reserved about things. My business side isn't shy. I can be like a general. But I've got a shy side. I'm also a lot deeper than people think, and a lot more sensitive. But I don't let people in too much.'

  Michael Bay

  Thinking, People, Too Much

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• I'm very quiet and shy in my personal life, as hard as that is to believe.

  Patti Stanger

  Believe, Quiet, Hard

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• I could be myself. I'm very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it.

  Hunter Hayes

  Thinking, Awkward, Embrace

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• They remember me as this shy girl sitting under the table. But they obviously didn't know what was going on in my head.

  Izabella Scorupco

  Girl, Sitting, Tables

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• Scientists have found the gene for shyness. They would have found it years ago, but it was hiding behind a couple of other genes.

  Jonathan Katz

  Couple, Years, Hiding

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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

  School, People, Laughing

  "Actor-musician Steve Martin". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. February 22, 2012.

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• I began to write because I was too shy to talk, and too lonely not to send messages.

  Heather McHugh

  Lonely, Writing, Messages

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• We get shy about saying things like I love you. Life is so short. It's crazy, that we hesitate to express our true thoughts to each other.

  Yoko Ono

  Crazy, Love You, Life Is

  FaceBook post by Yoko Ono from Sep 14, 2013

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