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I was shy. Bookish. The kind of 13-year-old girl who, instead of having a boyfriend, would have a crush on a dead, 19th-century author!

Quotes by Natalie Merchant

I've always been very shy. Now I don't care anymore.

Quotes by Natalie Prass

I was a very shy, overly big, kind of creepy-looking kid.

Quotes by Nancy Marchand

I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics.

Quotes by Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

What I'm trying to do, and my policy, is to disassociate, to shy away from what's going on in Syria.

Quotes by Najib Mikati

If anyone approaches me and asks if I'm Mollie from The Saturdays, I'm immediately shy and embarrassed.

Quotes by Mollie King

I was a very shy kid. In 8th grade, I had a teacher who got me into improv.

Quotes by Mo Collins

I've always been shy.

Quotes by Miuccia Prada

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

Quotes by Milton Berle

I'm tough on the outside and soft on the inside... I'm really a shy guy.

Quotes by Milo Ventimiglia

I was just painfully shy. I couldn't talk to anyone. Going up in front of class, I would have to mentally prepare myself to raise my hand.

Quotes by Mikey Madison

I am shy and self-conscious and awkward, so I think that's why I became a writer.

Quotes by Michiko Kakutani

I was shy and really into my school work and my drama. Then I joined 'EastEnders' at 16, and it was work, work, work. You become very isolated. I rarely went out and so didn't get to meet anyone.

Quotes by Michelle Ryan

I'm too shy, really to be able to hang out with my heroes for too long.

Quotes by Michelle Shocked

I've had moments of thinking maybe I should go on Twitter. It's something that I've been shy about, and I've thought that maybe I should do it.

Quotes by Michelle Dockery

At school I was very shy. I wasn't funny really.

Quotes by Michel Gondry

I wrote a graphic novel called 'Soul Stealer' with big, beautiful, epic artwork by Chris Shy. It grew into a trilogy.

Quotes by Michael Easton

I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.

Quotes by Michael Bergin

I was shy at school.

Quotes by Mia Wasikowska

I was a very weird child. I was very shy, so in school I would just mimic stand-up sets of Whoopi Goldberg.

Quotes by Melissa Rauch

I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess.

Quotes by Melissa McCarthy

I always considered myself really non-confrontational and shy and introverted.

Quotes by Melissa Benoist

The first fantasy books I can remember reading were 'The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek' and the series of 'Mushroom Planet' books.

Quotes by Melanie Rawn

When I was a kid, I had a couple of really good friends, like some really good best friends, but I was really shy other than that.

Quotes by Meg Cabot

I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.

Quotes by Matthew Macfadyen

I wasn't bullied or anything at school, but I was quite shy and didn't speak up too much in class.

Quotes by Matthew Lewis

I was a short, chubby kid, pretty shy.

Quotes by Matthew Lewis

I was obsessed with movies, and it ended up being the tool with which I could make friends. Because I was too painfully shy in other circumstances, I would say, 'Hey, do you want to make a movie?' And that's how I made friends, and it was also my escape.

Quotes by Matt Reeves

I am quite shy.

Quotes by Matt Berry

I used to be the shy kid who would barely raise her hand or speak her mind.

Quotes by Marsai Martin

I think I was very shy and introverted when I was younger, and yet, when I got in front of the camera or went out on the town, I was able to go out half-naked and do anything.

Quotes by Marisa Berenson

I am not really ever accused of being shy or meek.

Quotes by Marisol Nichols

I'm quite introverted but I'm not shy.

Quotes by Marian Keyes

I was very shy - I didn't speak to anyone outside of my family until the fourth grade.

Quotes by Margaret Stohl

Growing up, I was so shy, but it was weird because I was the complete opposite on stage. I was just free to be myself.

Quotes by Manika

I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's where I feel comfortable.

Quotes by Malin Akerman

The Lux girl is every girl as far as I'm concerned. She can be shy, confident, boisterous, elegant, or clumsy.

Quotes by Mahira Khan

I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.

Quotes by Maggie Smith

I'm a student of Eric Church, and I say that a lot... I was drawn to it because of the honesty and because it's got rough edges on it. He doesn't shy away from anything, and that's the way I wanted to be.

Quotes by Luke Combs

I was a painfully shy person in my pre-acting days.

Quotes by Lucy Deakins

I've been successful because I've never been someone to shy away from taking responsibility.

Quotes by Lizzie Armitstead

I've always been very shy at auditioning; I'm not so great at it.

Quotes by Liv Tyler

I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention.

Quotes by Little Richard

I grew up being very shy, very much a bookworm, and I remember desperately wondering how to be accepted by the popular kids.

Quotes by Lisa Kleypas

I'm painfully shy.

Quotes by Lindy Booth

I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.

Quotes by Linda Cardellini

I'm not shy, not reclusive, not any of those things, but the idea of a day in front of me when I have nothing to do, is just, oh what pleasure!

Quotes by Linda Grant

My career highs were definitely in 1983 and 1984, because Kajagoogoo's 'Too Shy,' which I co-wrote, went to number one in many countries and was top five in America. However, the band fired me in August 1983, so I was suddenly on my own as Limahl.

Quotes by Limahl

It's kind of weird - I get shy when I'm around new people, still, even when I'm onstage. I come from not really wanting to be in lights or known or in front of people.

Quotes by Leon Bridges

Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect.

Quotes by Lennart Meri

I was very shy and socially awkward.

Quotes by Lele Pons

Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.

Quotes by Lee Child

I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.

Quotes by Laurie Metcalf

I don't shy from controversy. I'm telling stories, and I'll tell whatever story seems like it wants to be told.

Quotes by Lauren Myracle

When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I?

Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton

I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.

Quotes by Laura Wade

I'm kind of shy, to be honest. If I go to the pool or something, I keep my shirt on unless I'm getting in the water.

Quotes by Larry Fitzgerald

I'm actually a very shy person. You'd be surprised how many leaders are shy. They're not all extroverts by nature.

Quotes by Larry Harvey

Conservatives should never be shy in promoting a strong case for individual enterprise. We should acknowledge where the system doesn’t work, and seek to amend it.

Quotes by Kwasi Kwarteng

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

Quotes by Kristin Kreuk

After about the age of 13, I was a romance addict. Still am, though I read just about every other genre as well. The only thing I really shy away from is political thrillers.

Quotes by Kristan Higgins

I'm not a real social person - I'm shy - and a lot of the business is just social.

Quotes by Kim Basinger

I'm not shy about wearing a lot of makeup! But when I don't have to be done up, I just use a bit of concealer and maybe some lip balm.

Quotes by Khloe Kardashian

At my core, I'm shy.

Quotes by Kenya Barris

We were so young when we started, quite naive and shy - we kind of knew what we were doing but didn't because we hadn't been stage schooled.

Quotes by Keren Woodward

The Scottish are not shy when it comes to expressing themselves.

Quotes by Ken Stott

I am pretty quiet, and people say I'm shy.

Quotes by Kelvin Fletcher

I'm pretty shy, believe it or not.

Quotes by Kemba Walker

Ironically, becoming known publicly was my biggest fear. And it was partly because I'm on the whole a fairly shy person.

Quotes by Katharine Gun

I'm really shy - I don't do karaoke.

Quotes by Kate Micucci

Near the end of high school, I was always super shy, backward.

Quotes by Kate Micucci

'Mighty Ducks' was a great experience, and I don't shy away from that.

Quotes by Jussie Smollett

I've done interviews in the past where, apparently, I didn't give the journalist any eye contact. I'm a bit shy, yes. I've thought about refusing to do any press at all.

Quotes by Julian Barratt

I was a shy kid. I was awkward. I was picked on.

Quotes by Josh Groban

I guess I am actually quite shy, and I've always felt very self-conscious during interviews.

Quotes by Jose Gonzalez

Peter remained very quiet and shy, but when he spoke it made sense.

Quotes by Jonathan King

I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.

Quotes by Jonathan Ames

I try to shy away from labels and focus on the issues.

Quotes by Jon Ossoff

I get shy. I think that's in any situation.

Quotes by Johnny Simmons

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

Quotes by Johnny Depp

We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our town didn't have a pool hall either, so I had to hang out at the public library - and anyway, I told myself stories.

Quotes by John Sladek

Believe it or not, I was a pretty shy youngster growing up.

Quotes by John McEnroe

I think of myself as a shy, modest, relatively unassuming person.

Quotes by John Landgraf

In Halloween, I viewed the characters as simply normal teenagers. Laurie, Jamie Lee's character, was shy and somewhat repressed. And Michael Myers, the killer, is definitely repressed. They have certain similarities.

Quotes by John Carpenter

We writers are shy, nocturnal creatures. Push us into the light and the light blinds us.

Quotes by John Banville

Have I ever been the shy retiring type? Never. Not since the day I was born.

Quotes by John Barrowman

When you are shy, you live a lot in your own head.

Quotes by Joelle Carter

I was mild-mannered, wore glasses, was very shy with women.

Quotes by Joe Shuster

At one point in college I was so shy that I'd drop out of a class if asked to speak in front of other people.

Quotes by Joe Flanigan

I was a very shy child.

Quotes by Jim Parsons

My first acting experience was a non-speaking role as a robot. My costume was a cardboard box covered in tinfoil, but I was so shy I refused to go on stage.

Quotes by Jessica Raine

Our audience is really upbeat. Likes to have a good time. They're not introverted or shy.

Quotes by Jerry Jeff Walker

I've never had a desire to be famous. Lots of actors are actually extremely shy. I have shy areas.

Quotes by Jeremy Northam

The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled 'genetically engineered', the public will shy away and won't take them.

Quotes by Jeremy Rifkin

I think we should talk about what the objectives of the party are, whether that's restoring the Clause Four as it was originally written or it's a different one, but I think we shouldn't shy away from public participation, public investment in industry, and public control of the railways.

Quotes by Jeremy Corbyn

I was very shy and I was very introverted as a kid, but whenever I set foot on stage, I kind of opened up, and I think a lot of kids need an outlet to express their creativity. And a lot of kids are scared to do that if there's not a safe environment for that.

Quotes by Jeremy Jordan

From its very inception, Lenny Letter set out to create a supportive, positive, inclusive space on the Internet that does not shy away from complexity and nuance.

Quotes by Jenny Zhang

My opinions of which of my works are good are vastly different than other people's. There is one that I'm obsessed with but I swear... no one else has ever even commented on it. So I'm a bit shy to draw attention to it.

Quotes by Jemima Kirke

I'm very shy in real life; I can't really hit on girls.

Quotes by Jeffrey Donovan

Steve is very quiet, even shy. I am very gregarious. So, opposites.

Quotes by Jayne Meadows

I grew up Catholic, and I am a pretty shy person.

Quotes by Jay Duplass

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