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"There's that confidence again, that semi-infuriating easiness of his, the tilt of his head and the smile. but today it's not infuriating. Today I like it, feel like it's somehow rubbing off on me, like if I was around him enough I would never feel awkward or frightened or insecure."
"I'm very quiet. I can go a whole week without talking, so doing interviews is really awkward for me!"
"I've been turning it over in after-dinner speeches, but it looks awkward-it's not what people are used to-it wants a good deal of Latin to make it go down."
"Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness."
"There is always the risk: something is good and good and good and good, then all at once it gets awkward."
"I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies and there I was the skinny lanky girl."
"Look, let me just say it: He was hot. A nonhot boy stares at you relentlessly and it is, at best, awkward and, at worst, a form of assault. But a hot boy . . . well."
"Kids have awkward moments."
