"Peter remained very quiet and shy, but when he spoke it made sense."
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"What can I say? I’m a sucker for the shy, quiet types."
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"I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess."
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"A shy face is better than a forward heart."
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"I was a short, chubby kid, pretty shy."
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"Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?"
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"The UN was very media-shy, and its relationship with the press was very controlled; although periodically I spoke to the press, the rule was, only the secretary-general speaks to the press; only the secretary-general makes... So you would see many situations where under-secretaries-general would come in and speak. I opened that, and I encouraged all of them to speak in their areas, whether it was peacekeeping or humanitarian efforts."
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