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• n  a feeling of fear of embarrassment

• As Battaglia puts it: "Shyness is simply a human difference, a variation that can be a form of richness.
• What determines if someone born with a genetic inclination toward shyness turns out to be that way? Environment, for starters.
• What may at first glance look like shyness or obstinacy is actually something far more complex--and much more interesting.

News & Articles

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• Toys ‘n Tales Helps Kids Find Their Own “Super Powers”
  Shyness. Obesity and healthy eating. Family dynamics. Daily routines and effective communication. These are just some of the challenges today’s children and families face. But one
  June 17, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Show & Tell: Revolver's Theresa Hitson
  Meet Theresa Hitson Revolver Saloon & Dance Hall Age: 29 Hometown: Twentynine Palms, Calif. Dad was a Marine. ... Moved to Las Vegas during her freshman year of high school. ... Competed in pageants as a kid to get over her shyness. It was her mom's idea;
  June 13, 2013 - Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Bria Murphy Says Models Eat Cotton Balls With Orange Juice to Stay Thin
  ABC News’ Derick Yanehiro reports: Bria Murphy has wanted to model all her life, but the daughter of famous comedian/actor Eddie Murphy said she had to overcome her natural shyness. “As I got older, I was like, ‘Bria, you can’t want to model and not...
  June 11, 2013 - ABC News Blogs via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Jim Flaherty in CTV.ca
  He is a brilliant entrepreneur, an innovative thinker and as I've learned fully capable of communicating clearly and without any undue shyness about this concerns on various issues,Flaherty said of Kinnear, to chuckles in the audience....
• Reni Maitua in Sydney Morning Herald
  I'm just really happy for him, especially over the last few years with injury and stuff like that, he just really deserves what he is getting now,said Maitua. "He is pretty reserved and pretty humble, you know. He has that Kiwi shyness in...
• Mario Testino in Gawker
  Often people mistake her shyness for coldness,says photographer Mario Testino.