I'm always a little innately shy when I first talk to a girl, and I think I always will be! But I think that's a good thing. You don't want to lose that.
Dylan O'Brien
Related I'm always a little innately shy when I first talk to a girl, and I think I always will be! But ... DYLAN O'BRIEN I can be impatient. But I don't think it's always a bad habit. Sometimes a little impatience... BRANT DAUGHERTY I don't think of myself as a leader. I am, but I don't think of myself that way. I'm not... JUDITH JAMISON I think about what I'm eating every day. I still have burgers and stuff that's not good for ... CAMILLA LUDDINGTON I was sent to ballet classes when I was a little girl. I wasn't very good, but it's that thi... CAT DEELEY As a director, your expectation and reality don't always match up, and I think that that's..... JONATHAN LEVINE If you know what you want to do, as I always loved musicals, and then to have been lucky enough to b... ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER I'm a free speech bigot. I don't like censorship; I just don't think it's a good thi... FRED WILSON I would consider myself a perfectionist, yeah. I don't think that is always that helpful, either... TOM ODELL If I talk to a girl, it's assumed that I'm having a scene with her. If I don't, then it&... SHAH RUKH KHAN I don't know if I believe in love at first sight, but of course I believe in two people having c... ZAC EFRON I don't think I'd be a very good talk show host. I mean, I'm very talkative but I don... EMMA ROBERTS I think I'm a mousepad. I don't want to be a mousepad, but I'm a mousepad. I'm also ... DIANA RIGG I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not an... SYD BARRETT I don't like getting myself in hot water. But suddenly I find that every minute I have to stop a... JOANNE WOODWARD I've done my best to work from a place of humility - always looking over your shoulder saying, &... DAVID O. RUSSELL When I'm not on stage, I'm kind of shy. If you see me and I don't say much, don't th... JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE My heroes, I couldn't imagine them practicing. Like Bob Dylan, you know? Bob Dylan's a very,... LAURENT BRANCOWITZ I don't know if I want to walk down the street and have everyone staring. I think that would be ... ESSIE DAVIS I don't think I'm a good host. I'm not a good host. I'm terrible at hosting. That... CHELSEA HANDLER I don't think I always look in people's faces, like, as - I think especially when I'm do... LAURA MVULA And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat... LIEV SCHREIBER People sometimes get a little extra criticism when they try something that they don't normally d... KRISTEN WIIG I don't think I need a significant other to be happy because I always like to find that for myse... KYLIE JENNER Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON There's a lot of annoying things about me. I don't know, I'm really shy at first, and I ... KENDALL JENNER As a little girl, I was always shy, but in front of the camera I wasn't. BAR REFAELI I think I can deceive people. I'm like, the nice, sweet girl when you meet me. And I don't h... ALICIA SILVERSTONE I don't want to be 'box-office girl,' but I don't want to be 'that indie girl... KIRSTEN DUNST It's like you always have to put on a happy face, be the phony baloney, and I'm so not that.... CHLOE SEVIGNY I don't even know why, but I've just always done it - I don't walk on handicapped parkin... CHANTAL SUTHERLAND I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre.... NATE DIAZ I think that you may find that Tamera's a little more vibrant and energetic, but I'm much mo... TIA MOWRY I think you have to be cool to be a good flirt, and I don't think I'm very cool. HARRY STYLES I'm an extremist so I'm either hated or loved. I think it's down to when I first got to ... LEWIS HAMILTON I always think the really unfortunate thing about the Australian film industry is its lack of moment... GUY PEARCE I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, 'Do what I do.' I think it&... KIM KARDASHIAN I was muscular - I was never overweight. But tell a girl that she has to lose 15 pounds when she'... KIM ALEXIS I don't want to be polite. I don't think campaigning is polite. That's a disingenuous ef... CARL PALADINO I think my thing is that... I don't know. And that's why I don't wanna sing about 'T... ZARA LARSSON I don't think I could be a foot soldier. I don't know if I could take orders too good. I'... BENICIO DEL TORO I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always to... MONTE IRVIN I'm sure there will come a time when I won't be able to, you know, walk around so easy somet... FRANK DILLANE My dance teacher will show me pictures of girls who are rhythmic gymnasts, and they are super skinny... MADDIE ZIEGLER I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing... RACHEL KELLER I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it... CANDACE BUSHNELL I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there... MARISSA MAYER I sometimes shy away because I don't want to be too 'showy-offy' but the older I get I t... JUDE LAW I'm a Scrabble nut, and I need something to do while I'm travelling. Scrabble keeps me occup... SUZI QUATRO And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, 'What wi... BETTY FORD I don't think anybody's goal is to be mediocre. I think everybody should want to be the best... JUSTIN VERLANDER I hope I haven't grown up. The cliche for all artists is that you don't want to lose that ch... CATHERINE HARDWICKE It's so funny because when I talk about fashion and menswear designers, it's really like a s... ALBERT HAMMOND, JR. I want to let you in on a little secret: I don't always feel like I'm a success. That's ... JOYCE MEYER I think I'm always adopting a persona. That's how I look at pop music. I don't feel like... ROBYN If you meet your heroes, you're always going to be disappointed. Frederick Douglass was a great ... JAMES MCBRIDE There are many people who probably don't agree with my acting, and it should be that way: they d... ALIA BHATT A sense of humor is important. I'm always attracted to a girl with confidence. In terms of looks... COREY SEVIER I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do ... ADELE When I meet other parents and they're more 'mumsy' than I am - you know, I don't wan... CECILY VON ZIEGESAR I'm so stupid because I refuse to think that I'm getting older. I get up in the morning, and... CHARO I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes... ARUNDHATI ROY I hold a lot of things in. I'm always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don't rage; I... BEYONCE KNOWLES I don't think I'm particularly shy. I just don't like being front and center as myself. BEN FOSTER It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I was cast in 'Thor' and I'm cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords,... IDRIS ELBA I'm always rebelling. I don't think I'll ever stop. GRACE JONES I don't think I would do a straight late-night talk show, like a 'Tonight Show' kind of ... ERIC ANDRE Sometimes I'm overly blunt. I don't like to mince words. I like to get things done. That'... PAUL LEPAGE I don't read much when I'm working. When I'm finished work, I don't want a thing to ... PAULINE GEDGE I'm conflicted about the lyric tattoo thing. I feel like that's a lifetime decision, and I a... SAM HUNT I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only th... ABEL FERRARA I don't always want to read serious fiction. But when I read fiction that's not serious, I d... DOROTHEA BENTON FRANK I'm basically different things to different people. If it's a guy, I'm-a probably have m... THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. I think I'm not always what I seem. Most people, when they get to know me, say, 'You know, w... EVANGELINE LILLY I'm shy, but I'm not clinically shy. I don't have social anxiety disorder or anything li... SAMANTHA BEE Women always think that I'm Chandler, so if I don't joke around for half an hour, they think... MATTHEW PERRY I was so shy. I used to cross the street so I wouldn't even have to talk to my relatives, much l... GERALDINE BROOKS I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak. ANN BEATTIE I'm not drawn to actresses, but I have no rules about that. I just want to be around positive pe... TRAVIS FIMMEL I'm not anti-fashion, but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I ... SADE ADU I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in the whole thing ... ELON MUSK I always say that I don't believe I'm a chef. I try to be a storyteller. JOSE ANDRES I'm three-quarters Russian, so I've always felt an outsider. But I don't think you can b... DAVID SUCHET I believe that I'm a hillbilly in my values and in my attitudes, and I don't want to lose th... J. D. VANCE My daughter's still so tiny at the moment; she's just a sweet little meaty thing. But of cou... OLIVIA COLMAN It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, t... JACKIE ROBINSON When I attack a role, be it TV, film or stage, the first thing I say is, I don't want to know an... CICELY TYSON There's got to be a backbone, there's got to be a skeleton to the whole way I perform, but y... CASEY ABRAMS It's weird, man. I've had a weird life, and I don't want to end up on the dole. I'm ... BRIAN HARVEY You know, I'm not really any good at working out when people are flirting with me. And I think I... JOSH HARTNETT I think that Valentine's Day is only as good as you want it to be. You know, I don't think i... PRINCE ROYCE I love inspiring people, and I love making good music, but I don't stress about it. I don't ... SELENA GOMEZ I always reference 'Mad Max' when I think about what I want to wear. But it's a fine lin... JULIAN CASABLANCAS I'd love to do a comedy. I'm terrified of comedy. I don't think I'm funny, but I gue... JARED PADALECKI You can't compete with hip-hop. That doesn't mean I don't want to be as big as a rap sta... BRANDON FLOWERS I'm always calculating what I want to do, who I want to be, what I want to accomplish. I don'... CHRIS PINE When I'm doing a film, I love getting together after work with my costars. But we get back to L.... GINNIFER GOODWIN I know that I'm going to have to work hard, keep working hard, and not because of this victory t... 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STEWART O'NAN They should." "Should be like a wood bee," she said. It was a private joke, a ... STEWART O'NAN The happiest she'd ever been was with him, and the saddest. Was that the true test of love? STEWART O'NAN Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't s... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Mrs. Hopewell had no bad qualities of her own but she was able to use other people's in such a const... FLANNERY O'CONNOR People give you a hard time about being a kid at twelve. They didn't want to give you Halloween cand... HEATHER O'NEILL Everybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes. P.J. O'ROURKE Don't stand unmoving outside the door of a crying baby whose only desire is to touch you. Go to your... PEGGY O'MARA Marry for love. But also choose to marry a man or woman who you love that treats you with the ultima... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR There will be a time when love is beautiful and passionate and nothing else will exist but you and t... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to was never there, and where you are ... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed w... JOHN O'DONOHUE [I suspect] that in the drive toward the liberal universalist notion of human rights that characteri... DARREN O'DONNELL All the possibilities of your human destiny are asleep in your soul. You are here to realize and hon... JOHN O'DONOHUE If you are different from the rest of the flock, they bite you VINCENT O'SULLIVAN We do not need to grieve for the dead. Why should we grieve for them? They are now in a place where ... JOHN O'DONOHUE To love without ownership, to love with total trust and faith in that very love, to love with the sa... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR My feeling on the subject of sex with a man is - don't give it up unless you're willing to give him ... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Life is surreal. When you step back and really take a look at it, the irony is absolute. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Ladies, you have a ton of power if you just understand the fundamental differences between men and w... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me. SEáN O'CASEY You cannot borrow half of who you are from someone else, yet people try to do it all of the time, th... JENNIFER O'NEILL For Equilibrium, a Blessing: Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore, May the relief ... JOHN O'DONOHUE Sometimes, when people speak, I cease listening to their words and zoom in instead on the cadence, a... ROSIE O'DONNELL It was a great mistake, my being born a man, I would have been much more successful as a seagull or ... EUGENE O'NEILL It could be a meeting on the street, or a party or a lecture, or just a simple, banal introduction, ... JOHN O'DONOHUE The world rests in the night. Trees, mountains, fields, and faces are released from the prison of sh... JOHN O'DONOHUE Your noble friend will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your ... JOHN O'DONOHUE The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness. JOHN O'DONOHUE If you try to view yourself through the lenses that others offer you, all you will see are distortio... JOHN O'DONOHUE Love allows understanding to dawn, and understanding is precious. Where you are understood, you are ... JOHN O'DONOHUE We do not need to go out and find love; rather, we need to be still and let love discover us. JOHN O'DONOHUE Beauty is the illumination of your soul. JOHN O'DONOHUE Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship i... JOHN O'DONOHUE When love awakens in your life, in the night of your heart, it is like the dawn breaking within you.... JOHN O'DONOHUE No one else has access to the world you carry around within yourself; you are its custodian and entr... JOHN O'DONOHUE Your beloved and your friends were once strangers. Somehow at a particular time, they came from the ... JOHN O'DONOHUE Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore... JOHN O'DONOHUE If you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it w... JOHN O'DONOHUE Every friendship travels at sometime through the black valley of despair. This tests every aspect of... JOHN O'DONOHUE All you can ever achieve is a sense of your soul. You gain little glimpses of its light, colors, and... JOHN O'DONOHUE You are as young as you feel. If you begin to feel the warmth of your soul, there will be a youthful... JOHN O'DONOHUE Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits. JOHN O'DONOHUE You are like nobody since I love you" -Pablo Neruda This art of love discloses the ... JOHN O'DONOHUE Real intimacy is a sacred experience. It never exposes its secret trust and belonging to the voyeuri... JOHN O'DONOHUE