"Women are sort of like motorcycle gangs with me. They get really shy and polite. I don't know why."
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"Little Jesus, was Thou shy Once, and just so small as I? And what did it feel like to be Out of Heaven, and just like me?"
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"I'm very shy. I know it's weird for a person who models lingerie and swimsuits, but I don't like to be the center of attention!"
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"God doesn’t want us to live timid, shy, weak, wimpy, fearful, boring lives. He wants us to be bold, con dent and courageous, unafraid to try new things. And it never ceases to amaze me what God will do through a person who simply steps out in faith."
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"I wasn't bullied or anything at school, but I was quite shy and didn't speak up too much in class."
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"Don't shy away from producing your own film and being in charge of its business end as well."
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"I've often said there's two kinds of actors. There's a more gregarious type and the shy type."
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"The shy little Mayflower weaves her nest, But the south wind sighs o'er the fragrant loam, And betrays the path to her woodland home."
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"I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be."
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"All the shy people are doomed! Natural selection favors the loud and the aggressive"
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"I was so shy and when my sister was born I found it hard. I was really strange and kind of too quiet."
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"I've always been very shy of doing television. I've always said 'no.' Not to be disrespectful to anyone - I didn't want to say 'yes' and then let people down."
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"[My half-sister] Ella and I always were much closer as basic types; we're dominant people, and [my other half-sister] Mary has always been mild and quiet, almost shy."
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"I thought, can you think of any really good reason not to do it? Except that, oh, I'm so shy, or oh, my private life, or oh, are they going to find out how boring I am? You know? And that was the only reason now, in a sense, not to do television. Because it certainly is a method of expression, which has to be accepted as these things come along."
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"You bet I'm shy. I'm a shyster lawyer."
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"Maybe I'm wrong because I've not met the person yet, I really don't think I'd want to be with someone in the industry. I really don't think so. Once bitten, twice shy."
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"I kind of shy away from that idea of being an actress because it seems to me to be such a cliché. Also, if you want to be a serious actress, then it's quite difficult to make that transition without being the blond bimbo in the opening credits. Maybe I'm being idealistic about acting and the idea that they would hire people purely based on their talent and not on their looks. But I don't know if I would be a very talented actress anyway."
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"Being an actress, I find myself people-watching and I can be quite shy."
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"Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy."
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"Although I was a shy child, I was also a bit flamboyant."
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