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Inspirational Quotes by Susan Cain
- There are only a few people out there who can completely overcome their fears, and they all live in Tibet.
- I actually find extroversion to be a really appealing personality style.
- I use a lot of old-fashioned expressions.
- I'm insatiably curious about human nature.
- I've never given a speech without being terrified first.
- I've wanted to be a writer since I was four years old!
- Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.
- Every American was to become a performing self.
- Being relatively unmoved by rewards gives you the incalculable power to go your own way.
- The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting.
- Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to.
- Cross the street to avoid making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances.
- Everyone shines, given the right lighting.
- Do you really believe in what you said or wrote – in the thing that’s bringing criticism? And if I do believe it, I can…
- Should we become so proficient at self-presentation that we can dissemble without anyone suspecting?
- Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding.
- The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up.
- Naked lions are just as dangerous as elegantly dressed ones
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